Current futures indicate the SPX stock price could open marginally higher tomorrow, supported by stronger-than-expected corporate revenue reports across financial and industrial sectors. The anticipated increase in the U.S. gas prices this week is primarily attributed to a confluence of international and seasonal market pressures. "We know that the Fed was lagging in it's easing because of that imputed shelter inflation, but the reality is they should have been easing sooner ... and so I think that we have to be careful," Lee said. When the Feds talking about that imputed effect, it doesn't mean we have to start a new hiking cycle just because it takes a while to show up. And I think that's why markets are going to see through that." The SPX stock price performance has been diverging from small-cap indices, reflecting investor preference for large-cap stability in uncertain macro conditions.