US Stock Futures Signal Lower Start On Wall Street

US stock futures are lower this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 98 points to 12,863.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 11.40 points to 1,353.00. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 20.75 points to 2,595.25. US stocks closed lower on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 0.11% to 12,962.81, the S&P 500 index declining 0.39% to 1,364.33 and the Nasdaq 100 index dipping 0.86% to 2,950.48. Data on February nonfarm payrolls will be released on Friday. Vail Resorts Inc

is expected to report its Q2 earnings at $1.36 per share on revenue of $369.5 million. United Natural Foods Inc

is projected to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.44 per share on revenue of $1.26 billion. Kronos Worldwide Inc

is estimated to post its Q4 EPS at $0.47 on revenue of $434.58 million. Dick's Sporting Goods Inc

is projected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.88 per share on revenue of $1.61 billion. Bridgepoint Education Inc

is expected to post its Q4 EPS at $0.38 on revenue of $216.78 million. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation

is projected to post its Q4 EPS at $0.76 on revenue of $114.66 million. Stage Stores Inc

is projected to post its Q4 earnings at $1.06 per share on sales of $468 million. Nutrisystem Inc

reported downbeat fourth-quarter earnings. VeriFone Systems Inc

reported better-than-expected fiscal first quarter results. The company also issued upbeat full-year forecast. European markets were lower today. The STOXX Europe 600 Index dropped 1.45%, London's FTSE 100 Index moved down 1.07%, French CAC 40 index fell 1.44% and German DAX 30 index dipped 1.53%. Asian markets ended lower, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average declining 0.63%, China's Shanghai Composite dropping 1.41% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 moving down 1.35%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dipped 2.16% and India's Sensex dropped 1.09%. Nymex crude-oil futures dropped $0.62 to $106.10 a barrel in electronic trade on Tuesday. The euro fell 0.6% against the US dollar to trade at $1.3135. The dollar declined 0.7% versus the Japanese yen to trade at ¥80.93.