US index futures are higher this morning following the auction of 12- and 18-month Spanish debt. Demand was good, but yields on the 12-month bill rose from about 1.42% in ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are lower this morning mostly as a result of the lower than expected level of China’s GDP growth, which rose 8.1% in the first quarter, down sequentially ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are higher this morning as expectations are high for good earnings reports due today. The weekly report on new claims for unemployment benefits will be out this ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are slightly higher this morning following a good earnings report from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) last night to get the new earnings season started on the right ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are slightly higher this morning, but they have been losing ground steadily. In Europe, yields on Spanish bonds are up again, which combines an ever stronger belief ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are down sharply this morning as investors express concern over last week’s lower-than-expected US job gains. Asian markets especially are worried that projected growth of US GDP ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are down again this morning as investors continue to react negatively to rising yields on Spanish and Italian bonds. The US Labor Department will report on new ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are down significantly this morning as investors continue to react negatively to yesterday’s release of FOMC minutes. No one seems to believe that the US economy can ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are moving down this morning as investors wait for the report from the US Commerce Department on factory orders. Economists expect a gain of 1.5% in orders. ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are moving down this morning as investors wait for the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) report on factory orders. The Commerce Department also releases its monthly construction ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are higher this morning as investors wait for news on US personal income and spending. A survey of economists conducted by MarketWatch forecast spending to climb 0.7% ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are down this morning as investors await the weekly report on new US unemployment benefits claims. Economists polled by Bloomberg are expecting a slight rise, from an ... Read Full Story »
US index futures are higher this morning as investors await a report on February’s US durable goods orders. Economists are expecting a gain of 2.9%, following a drop of 3.7% ... Read Full Story »
Many stocks are on the move this morning. Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) and NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) are the two pre-market leaders on percentage gains this Thursday morning on NASDAQ; ... Read Full Story »
A discounted rights offer by Italian bank UniCredit SpA has chilled Europe’s markets this morning and is raising traders wariness over the Eurozone’s debt crisis. The bank, Italy’s largest credit ... Read Full Story »