US Stock Futures Drop Ahead Of Earnings, Economic Data

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Pre-open movers
US stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade. Data on GDP growth for the third quarter and weekly jobless claims will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The pending home sales index for September will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 80 points to 17,622.0, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 9.75 points to 2,074.75. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index slipped 29 points to 4,644.75.
A Peek Into Global Markets
European markets were lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index falling 0.74 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.40 percent and German DAX 30 index dropping 0.31 percent. French CAC 40 Index slipped 0.79 percent and London's FTSE 100 Index fell 1.10 percent. In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.17 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined 0.60 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index surged 0.36 percent and India's BSE Sensex declined 0.75 percent.
Broker Recommendation
Analysts at Barclays downgraded
Ralph Lauren CorpRL
from Overweight to Equal-weight and lowered the price target from $150.00 to $130.00. Ralph Lauren shares rose 0.22 percent to close at $112.43 yesterday.
Breaking news
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