July 14 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were set for a higher open on Tuesday after softer-than-expected inflation data fueled bets that the Federal Reserve could take a less hawkish stance on interest rates, while investors assessed second-quarter results from major U.S. banks. .N

** Morgan Stanley MS.N:

BUZZ - Bullish on Grasim unit's Sprng Energy parent buy nL6N43G0BI

** Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings Inc LVLU.O:

BUZZ - Jumps on strategic review nL4N43G0QB

** Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N:
BUZZ - Rises as Q2 profit tops estimates nL4N43G1AI

** JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N:
BUZZ - Falls after lifting annual expense forecast nL4N43G0QM

** Apple Inc AAPL.O:
BUZZ - Slips after KeyBanc cuts to 'underweight' nL4N43G0VF

** NextCure Inc NXTC.O:
BUZZ - Jumps on merger with Avere, $320 million financing nL4N43G0X2

** Rio Tinto PLC RIO.N:

** BHP Group Ltd BHP.N:

** Southern Copper Corp SCCO.N:

** Freeport-McMoRan Inc FCX.N:

BUZZ - Copper miners gain as price of red metal edges higher nL4N43G0XJ

** Wells Fargo & Co WFC.N:
BUZZ - Rises after Q2 profit jumps nL6N4310TY

** Erasca Inc ERAS.O:
BUZZ - Down premarket after $550 mln share sale nL6N43G0OB

** Bank of America Corp BAC.N:
BUZZ - Rises on higher second-quarter profit nL4N43G0T7

** Phillips 66 PSX.N:

** Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC.N:

** Valero Energy Corp VLO.N:
BUZZ - Citigroup raises PT on US refiners on improving margins nL6N43G0OL

** International Business Machines Corp IBM.N:
BUZZ - Slips after preliminary Q2 results miss expectations; software firms fall nL4N43G14G

** Rithm Property Trust Inc RPT.N:
BUZZ - Drops after beginning $300 mln share offering nL6N43G0PZ

** Citigroup Inc C.N:

BUZZ - Shares slip after Q2 results nL4N43F0S0

** Liberty Energy Inc LBRT.N:
BUZZ - Partners with SLB on power deal; shares rise nL6N43G0SI

** Workday Inc WDAY.O:

** Service Now Inc NOW.N:

** Atlassian Corp TEAM.O:

** Intuit Inc INTU.O:
BUZZ - Software stocks tumble after IBM's prelim estimates reignite AI disruption fears nL4N43G17C

** HCA Healthcare Inc HCA.N:
BUZZ - Falls after flagging higher uninsured patient volumes nL4N43G18S

** Analog Devices Inc ADI.O:
BUZZ - Rises; KeyBanc raises PT nL4N43G1BR