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 dipped 165 points to 17,591.0, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 20 points to 2,061.00. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index slipped 48.88 points to 4,652.12.

European markets were lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index falling 1.82 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 1.47 percent and German DAX 30 index dropping 1.44 percent. French CAC 40 Index dipped 1.24 percent and London's FTSE 100 Index fell 1.09 percent. In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 1.04 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 1.34 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index dipped 1.89 percent and India's BSE Sensex dropped 0.86 percent.

Analysts at Citigroup upgraded

from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $31.00 to $35.00. FireEye shares gained 3.37 percent to $20.87 in pre-market trading.