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* JPMorgan (LSE: JPIU.L – news) edges up in premarket after results * Norfolk Southern gives weak outlook late Monday * Nokia in talks to buy Alcatel (Paris: FR0000130007 – news) -Lucent * Futures down: Dow 12 pts, S&P 2.25 pts, Nasdaq 3.25 pts (Updates with JPMorgan, J&J results) By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, April Read More

* Investors look ahead to results from JPMorgan, J&J * Norfolk Southern gave weak outlook late Monday * Nokia in talks to buy Alcatel-Lucent * Futures down: Dow 12 pts, S&P 1.5 pt, Nasdaq 6 pts By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) – Dow Futures edged lower on Tuesday as investors awaited a Read More

NEW YORK: Oil investors who amassed a US$ 6 billion long position in exchange traded funds, occupying as much as a third of the U.S. futures market, are now racing for the exit at a near record pace. Outflows from four of the largest oil-specific exchange traded funds, including the largest U.S. Oil Fund , Read More

CHICAGO: US soybean futures fell for the third day in a row on Monday on weak export demand for US supplies, traders said. It was the front-month Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures contract’s sixth decline in seven sessions. Overseas soybean buyers were focused on cheaper Read More

U.S. commercial crude stocks are forecast to have climbed by 3.7 million barrels last week to extend their record build for the 14th consecutive week, according to an analysts’ poll by Reuters on Monday. U.S. oil output from shale reserves is set to fall by 45,000 barrels per day to 4.98 million Read More

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Australian bond futures are hgiher as worries about the upcoming US first quarter earnings season safe haven assets a boost.

Price: 101.64 Chg: -0.42 Chg %: -0.41% Date: 10:50 Price: 2,104.78 Chg: 2.72 Chg %: 0.13% Date: 10:54 Stock futures on Wall Street dipped on Monday as traders cut exposure to risk ahead of some high profile earnings as the first quarter reporting season gets underway this week. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read More

By Mike Kentz NEW YORK, April 13 (IFR) – Equity derivatives traders have begun to warm once again to trading over-the-counter – rather than through the regulated exchanges that many flocked to following the chaos of the financial crisis. Volumes across listed Dow Futures, options and securities lending transactions declined by 6% in March over Read More

(Adds subscriber code, removes extraneous bullet point) * Big banks due to report results this week * Qualcomm rises after investors urge spinoff of unit * Builders FirstSource to buy ProBuild for $ 1.63 bln * Futures off: Dow 34 pts, S&P 4 pts, Nasdaq 0.25 pt By Tanya Agrawal April 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Read More

* Futures down: Dow 22 pts, S&P 3.25 pts, Nasdaq 1 pt By Tanya Agrawal April 13 (Reuters) – Dow Futures pulled back after three straight days of gains, as the corporate earnings season was poised to kick into high gear with a slew of reports this week. * Big banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Read More