Author: Dow Futures

* Initial claims fall by 4,000 * Family Dollar falls after earnings * Brent crude holds above $ 51 a barrel * Futures up: Dow 157 pts, S&P 16 pts, Nasdaq 33.5 pts (Adds quote, data) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were poised for a higher open on Thursday, Read More

* Initial claims data on tap * Family Dollar falls in premarket after earnings * Brent crude holds above $ 51 a barrel * Futures up: Dow 178 pts, S&P 19.5 pts, Nasdaq 41.75 pts By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Dow Futures rose on Thursday, putting equities on track for a Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – Dow Futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday, in the wake of dovish comments from a Federal Reserve member. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is expected to open 150 points higher than Wednesday’s close of 17,584.52, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are expected to begin the day 15 and Read More

* Initial claims data on tap * Family Dollar falls in premarket after earnings * Brent crude holds above $ 51 a barrel * Futures up: Dow 164 pts, S&P 17.5 pts, Nasdaq 37.75 pts (Adds premarket actives) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Dow Futures rose on Thursday, putting equities on Read More

Obama touts auto bailout success, Michigan worries about trade By Jeff Mason WAYNE, Mich. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, on a trip to unveil elements of his State of the Union address, took a victory lap in Michigan on Wednesday to tout his support of the auto industry, but concerns about trade policies hung in Read More

Disappointing US Fed minutes boost $ A The Australian dollar has drifted higher, trading at 80.78 US cent, boosted by poor US data.

* Fed minutes on tap * J.C. Penney climbs in premarket after sales results * Futures up: Dow 132 pts, S&P 16 pts, Nasdaq 25 pts (New throughout) By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were set to rise at the open on Wednesday following data that showed the U.S. private Read More

* ADP employment, Fed minutes on tap * J.C. Penney climbs in premarket after sales results * Futures up: Dow 94 pts, S&P 12 pts, Nasdaq 22.5 pts By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Dow Futures rose on Wednesday, putting Wall Street on track to bounce from a five-day slide, ahead of Read More

(Corrects November ADP Payroll figure in second paragraph to revised upwards.) U.S. stock futures rose Wednesday after a weak start to the year that was compounded by sliding oil prices , helped by better-than-expected payrolls figures and in anticipation of further details from the central bank’s monetary policy meeting three weeks ago. This morning, Read More

U.S. stock futures rose Wednesday after a weak start to the year that was compounded by sliding oil prices , helped by better-than-expected payrolls figures and in anticipation of further details from the central bank’s monetary policy meeting three weeks ago. This morning, the ADP estimate for private payroll growth in December was at Read More