April 2015

* Futures: Dow up 12 pts; S&P, Nasdaq flat * Jobless claims data expected at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) By Tanya Agrawal April 9 (Reuters) – Dow Futures were little changed on Thursday ahead of job market and trade data, which might dictate the market’s next move as earnings season slowly kicks off. * Read More

Nymex crude for May delivery was up 52 cents at $ 50.94 a barrel by 0000 GMT. It settled down $ 3.56, or 6.6 percent, at $ 50.42 a barrel. Brent crude futures for May were up 51 cents to $ 56.06 a barrel, after settling $ 3.55, or 6 Read More

Price: 1,198.00 Chg: 287.60 Chg %: 31.59% Date: 14:35 Price: 6,984.21 Chg: 22.44 Chg %: 0.32% Date: 14:35 US stock futures were indicating a soft open on Wall Street on Wednesday as market participants geared up for the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes and Alcoa’s first quarter earnings report, due later. Futures for the Dow Jones Read More

* Fed minutes due at 1800 GMT * Dow, S&P, Nasdaq e-minis up less than 0.1 pct each By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) – Dow Futures were little changed on Wednesday, with traders eyeing a $ 70 billion mega-deal in the energy space and ahead of minutes from the most recent meeting Read More

Oil futures rallied yesterday erasing losses on strong jobs data and US government forecasts for lower domestic crude production growth and higher global demand for oil. US job openings surged to a 14-year high in February the Labour Department said in its monthly Job Openings and Labour Turnover Survey, lifting oil prices “That report Read More

New York (AFP) – Crude oil closed solidly higher Tuesday, with the Dow Futures contract hitting their highest point so far this year on expectations of a decline in US production. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for May delivery, rose $ 1.84 to finish at $ 53.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Read More

By This Is Money Market Reporters Published: 03:07 EST, 7 April 2015 | Updated: 09:37 EST, 7 April 2015 1 View comments 15.15: The Footsie maintained its strong return from the long Easter break in late afternoon trading as US stocks pushed higher in early deals, continuing to be bolstered by expectations that US interest rates Read More

U.S. stock futures were slightly higher Tuesday with mergers and acquisitions lifting sentiment and as New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley suggested that the Fed won’t be so quick to raise interest rates in the wake of the weak jobs report Friday. At 8:30 a.m. E.T., Dudley will speak again, in Newark, Read More