US Stock Futures Rise Ahead Of Housing, Consumer Confidence Data

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Pre-open movers
US stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for July will be released at 9:00 a.m. ET, while the Conference Board's consumer confidence report for September will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Data on farm prices for September will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 58.5 points to 15,967.5, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 10 points to 1,882.00. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index surged 23.75 points to 4,118.50.
A Peek Into Global Markets
European markets were mixed today, with the Spanish Ibex Index gaining 0.79 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.16 percent and German DAX 30 index gaining 0.28 percent. French CAC 40 Index rose 0.17 percent and London's FTSE 100 Index fell 0.46 percent. In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 4.05 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined 2.97 percent, China's Composite Index Index fell 2.02 percent and India's BSE Sensex climbed 0.63 percent.
Broker Recommendation
Analysts at UBS upgraded
Bristol-Myers Squibb CoBMY
from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $65.00 to $75.00. Bristol-Myers Squibb shares fell 4.57 percent to close at $57.49 on Monday.
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