Author: Dow Futures

* Investors look to payrolls data due on Good Friday * Crude oil dips, could pressure energy stocks * Micron drops in premarket after revenue outlook * Futures down: Dow 43 pts, S&P 6.5 pts, Nasdaq 16.25 pts By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) – Dow Futures were lower on Thursday, as investors Read More

CHICAGO: Emails between former senior executives at Kraft Foods, including its chief financial officer and a top procurement director, are among the evidence in a US lawsuit accusing the company and Mondelez International of manipulating wheat prices. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Wednesday accused Kraft Foods Group and Mondelez of making massive Read More

The Australian bond market is firmer as traders in the US and Australia moved into safe haven assets after disappointing US economic data. Figures out on Wednesday night showed that activity in the US manufacturing sector slowed for the fifth straight month in March and US businesses added only 189,000 jobs to the American economy Read More

The crucial fact we’re all missing A FIERCE debate is raging across the country at the moment, and one crucial fact is being left out. Of course, it involves money. Lots and lots of money.

By Marcy Gordon, The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have charged two major U.S. food companies, Kraft and Mondelez, with manipulating prices for wheat and wheat futures in a scheme that reaped more than $ 5.4 million in profit. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the civil charges Wednesday against the two companies. The Read More

Bond futures prices have surged on the back of disappointing economic data out of the US. Growth in the US manufacturing sector slowed for the fifth straight month in March. And US businesses increased nonfarm payrolls by just 189,000 jobs in March, payrolls firm ADP said, the first time since January 2014 that fewer than Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have charged two major U.S. food companies, Kraft and Mondelez, with manipulating prices for wheat and wheat futures in a scheme that reaped more than $ 5.4 million in profit. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the civil charges Wednesday against the two companies. The agency said the companies used Read More

* S&P 500, Nasdaq coming off 9th quarterly rise * ADP data misses expectations, raising payroll concerns * Futures down: Dow 60 pts, S&P 8 pts, Nasdaq 14.5 pt (Updates trading, adds data, analyst comment) By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) – Dow Futures pointed to a lower open on Wednesday as a Read More

* S&P 500, Nasdaq coming off 9th quarterly rise * Crude oil down for fourth day, may pressure energy names * Investors await data on labor market, manufacturing * Futures: Dow up 4 pts, S&P down 1.5 pt, Nasdaq down 0.75 pt By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) – Dow Futures were little Read More

DailyFX.com – Talking Points: US Dollar May Fall as ADP, ISM Data Undermines Fed Outlook NZ FinMin English Comments Send Kiwi Dollar Lower Overnight Access Real-Time FX Markets Analysis with DailyFX on Demand The US Dollar continued to advance higher in overnight trade, with prices on pace to deliver a fifth consecutive day on the Read More