Empire State Manufacturing Index

Futures Lower After Cisco Earnings, Weaker Dollar U.S. equity futures traded slightly lower in early pre-market trade following some weak guidance from Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) for the upcoming quarter and as the dollar traded lower. Also, some weak earnings in Europe weighed on sentiment. Top News...

Futures Rise Despite Weak China GDP U.S. equity futures gained in early pre-market trade despite weak GDP data from China. China reported second quarter GDP grew 1.7 percent in the quarter, worse than the expected 1.8 percent growth rate. However, the annualized figure posted at 7.5 percent growth...

The Empire State Manufacturing Index, the broad measure of manufacturing activity with the New York Fed's region, unexpectedly rose in the beginning of June from May. However, the internals in the report point to an uptick in pricing as the driver of the increase as key internal indicators were...

Futures Gain On Fed Hopes U.S. equity futures advanced in early pre-market trade ahead of the much anticipated FOMC meeting this week, which concludes Wednesday. Despite recent fears of tapering, the Fed is expected to downgrade its economic forecasts near consensus economist forecasts which could...

Next week, the Fed's policy statement, updated forecasts and Press Conference with Chairman Ben Bernanke will be closely watched. Key earnings from companies including FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) will also be watched. Key Earnings Earnings from...

Futures Lower on Weak European Growth Data U.S. equity futures traded lower in early pre-market trade following a weaker than expected GDP report from the eurozone for the first quarter. GDP growth rose to -0.2 percent on a quarterly basis from -0.6 percent but missed forecasts of a 0.1 percent...

Futures Lower on Weak Chinese Economic Data U.S. equity futures traded sharply lower in the pre-market following Friday's sell off on weaker than expected economic data from China. China reported that first quarter GDP grew at a 7.7 percent annualized rate vs. 8.0 percent expected, while...

Futures Flat On Bank of Japan Confirmations, European Summit, Quadruple Witching U.S. equity futures were little changed in early pre-market trade as the latest European summit to target growth continued and the Japanese upper house of parliament approved the three new Bank of Japan board member...

Futures Lower as G20 Condemns Yen Moves, Euro Fears Remain U.S. equity futures traded lower in pre-market trade as the G20 nations condemned Japan's moves on the yen in favor of market determined exchange rates. Leaders from the 20 economies are looking for common ground to make a formal joint...