US stock futures traded mixed on Thursday, with the S&P 500 holding near its record high as investors weighed the two-way pull of cooling inflation and a Federal Reserve pullback on interest rate cuts.

S&P 500 futures (ES=F) edged up 0.1% after the benchmark topped 5,400 to close at a fresh all-time high. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) popped 0.6% on the heels of taking out a record of its own, as tech stocks led the broader charge higher. But Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) headed lower, down 0.3%.

Stocks notched records on a dramatic day that brought a double dose of market-moving events: A lower-than-expected consumer inflation print and the Fed's outlook for rates.

But policymakers' shift from three rate cuts this year to just one didn't appear to faze investors, given Chair Jerome Powell's reminder that the projection isn't set in stone. Traders are still pricing in two rate cuts starting in September, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

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More insight on whether inflation is headed where the Fed wants it comes Thursday, with the release of the producer price index for May.

Also looming large is the outcome of Tesla (TSLA) shareholders' vote on whether to approve a $56 billion pay package for its CEO Elon Musk. While some big investors are against the move, Musk has said the compensation and the EV maker's move to Texas have been passed "by wide margins." Tesla stock jumped almost 7% in pre-market trading after his comments.

Meanwhile, a jump in Broadcom (AVGO) shares lifted the spirits of a market looking to AI and techs to fuel a rally. The chipmaker, a key supplier to Apple (AAPL), is on track for its biggest gain since 2020 after upbeat results boosted by AI demand.