US Stock Futures Signal Lower Start On Wall Street

US stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 49.5 points to 17,793.5, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 7 points to 2,086.75. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index declined 17.88 points to 4,685.12.

European markets were lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index falling 0.20 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.38 percent and German DAX 30 index declining 0.35 percent. French CAC 40 Index slipped 0.49 percent and London's FTSE 100 Index fell 0.05 percent. In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock jumped 1.96 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.61 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index surged 1.58 percent and India's BSE Sensex declined 0.55 percent.

Analysts at KeyBanc upgraded

from Sector Weight to Overweight. Buffalo Wild Wings shares climbed 0.42 percent to close at $152.47 on Friday.