On September 11, U.S. stock index futures extended their gains on Thursday after inflation data was largely in line with expectations, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates later this year. The data showed that the CPI rose 2.9% year-on-year in August, in line with the general market expectation. It rose 0.4% month-on-month, higher than the expected 0.3%. Excluding volatile food and energy components, the core CPI rose 3.1% year-on-year. Another report showed that the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending September 6 was 263,000, higher than the estimated 235,000. Currently, Dow futures are up about 0.23%, S&P 500 futures are up 0.27%, and Nasdaq futures are up 0.35%. (Golden Ten) [BlockBeats]