U.S. stock futures were higher Thursday as markets were widely expecting the European Central Bank to announce a bond-buying program of about 50 billion euros ($ 58 billion) a month. In economic data out Thursday, weekly jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. E.T. are expected to have edged lower to 300,000 in the week to Read More

* ECB President Draghi to speak before market open * Crude oil jumps 1.6 pct, builds on Wednesday gain * F5 Networks down in premarket after results, outlook * Futures up: Dow 42 pts, S&P 4.5 pts, Nasdaq 4.75 pts By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Dow Futures gained slightly as investors Read More

* ECB President Draghi to speak before market open * Crude oil jumps, building on Wednesday gain * F5 Networks down in premarket after results, outlook * Futures up: Dow 44 pts, S&P 5.5 pts, Nasdaq 6.25 pts (Updates trading, adds earnings and National City news) By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Read More

Price: 87.26 Chg: -0.00 Chg %: -0.00% Date: 12:25 Price: 2,035.85 Chg: 13.30 Chg %: 0.66% Date: 12:29 Markets look set to fall on Wednesday after the State of the Union address on Tuesday night failed to excite Dow Futures.IG analyst Alastair McCaig said: “Last night’s State of the Union address from Barack Obama was Read More

* IBM shares fall after results, Netflix rallies * Investors look ahead to ECB meeting * Crude oil rises but still sharply down for week * Futures down: Dow 79 pts, S&P 5.5 pts, Nasdaq 10.5 pts (Updates prices) By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Dow Futures pointed to a lower open Read More

* IBM shares fall after results, Netflix rallies * Investors look ahead to ECB meeting * Crude oil rises but still sharply down for week * Futures down: Dow 52 pts, S&P 5.25 pts, Nasdaq 8.75 pts By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Dow Futures edged lower on Wednesday as IBM fell Read More

NEW YORK: Oil fell as much as 5 percent on Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund cut its 2015 global economic forecast and key producer Iran hinted prices could drop to $ 25 a barrel without supportive OPEC action. Genscape, an analytics firm that monitors US oil stocks, reported a 2.6 million-barrel Read More

U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday in the wake the International Monetary Fund’s upbeat view on the U.S. economy and as the body simultaneously called for “accommodative” central banks policies to help the global economy. In its World Economic Outlook, the IMF lowered the global growth outlook by 0.3 percentage points for both 2015 and Read More

* IMF lowers growth outlook for 2015 and 2016 * Oil lower again; Halliburton rises after results * FXCM shares plummet 90 percent, details loan agreement * Futures up: Dow 86 pts, S&P 11.25 pts, Nasdaq 28.75 pts (Updates prices, adds J&J results) By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dow Futures pointed Read More

* IMF lowers growth outlook for 2015 and 2016 * Oil lower again, Halliburton set to report results * FXCM (NYSE: FXCM – news) shares plummet 80 percent, details loan agreement * Futures up: Dow 62 pts, S&P 8.75 pts, Nasdaq 22.5 pts By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dow Futures rose Read More