US stock futures nudged higher on Thursday as Wall Street waited for the latest reading on consumer inflation to help set expectations for the pace of interest-rate cuts this year. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), the S&P 500 (ES=F), and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) all gained about 0.2%, on the heels of a muted but record-setting session Wednesday. Investors are bracing for an important test with Thursday's report on the consumer price index (CPI) for August. Investors are on wat ...