Stock futures edged higher Wednesday evening as Wall Street prepared for a new trading month, with Dow futures up 60 points, or 0.1%, and S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures each gaining 0.1%. In regular trading, the S&P 500 fell 0.3%, the Dow dropped more than 440 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2%. September ended with the S&P 500 down 0.5%, the Dow lower by 4.3% and the Nasdaq up 1.9%. The third quarter closed with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each up about 2%, while the Dow lost 2.7%. Investors are weighing cooler inflation against elevated Treasury yields and uncertainty surrounding the Federal Reserve’s rate decision scheduled for the end of October. Higher oil prices and rising yields had fueled concern about further rate hikes. The August personal consumption expenditures price index, a key inflation gauge, rose 3.4% from a year earlier, below the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 3.7%, but yields still climbed. The 10-year Treasury yield briefly exceeded 5.3%, near 2007 highs, while the 30-year yield surpassed 5.6%, its highest level since 2002. Investors will receive initial jobless claims Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET, followed by September’s jobs report Friday, while Nike is scheduled to report earnings after the bell. Wells Fargo Investment Institute’s Tracie McMillion said corporate earnings have remained resilient, but the key question is whether that strength can persist while borrowing costs remain elevated.