Pre-Market Outlook

Brent crude oil lost ground on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve announced that it had decided to begin tapering its asset buying plan. The commodity traded at $109.51 at 8:20 GMT as the dollar gained and drove crude prices lower. At the close of the Fed's December policy meeting on...

The euro steadied at $1.3672 on Thursday after falling slightly when the US Federal Reserve announced that it was going to begin tapering slowly at its December policy meeting. The common currency found some strength in news that the region's finance ministers reached a deal on how the bloc...

Pre-open movers US stock futures were slightly lower in early pre-market trade. Data on weekly jobless claims will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The general conditions index of the Philadelphia Fed's Survey, existing-home sales data and the Conference Board's index of leading indicators will be...

At the close of its December policy meeting on Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve announced that it was going to cut down on its stimulus spending. The bank elected to reduce its $85 billion per month asset purchases by $10 billion and promised to keep its key interest rate low even longer than...

ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG) is projected to report its Q2 earnings at $0.55 per share on revenue of $4.63 billion. Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) is estimated to report its Q2 earnings at $0.20 per share on revenue of $2.07 billion. Nike (NYSE: NKE) is projected to post its Q2 earnings at $0.58 per...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Carnival (NYSE: CCL) to report its Q4 earnings at $0.00 per share on revenue of $3.58 billion. Carnival shares fell 0.05% to $37.09 in after-hours trading. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) reported upbeat fiscal second-quarter...

At the end of its 2013 fiscal year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) listed $40.59 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on its balance sheet. That's roughly equivalent to General Motors' (NYSE: GM) expected revenue for the fourth quarter. Apple's cash position gets even bigger if one...

Good Morning Traders,   As of this writing 5:10 AM EST, here’s what we see:   US Dollar –Up at 80.215, the US Dollar is up 1 tick and is trading at 80.215.             Energies – January Oil is down at 97.34.    ...

Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) shares fell 17.85% to $16.20 in the pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat fiscal first-quarter results and issued a weak outlook for its second quarter. Citigroup downgraded the stock from Neutral to Sell and lowered the target price from $24 to $14....

Omeros (NASDAQ: OMER) soared 10.43% to $9.85 in the pre-market trading after the US FDA granted orphan drug designation to Omeros' OMS721 for complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathies. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BCRX) surged 7.40% to $6.97 in the pre-market session after the company...

The euro remained well above $1.37 on Wednesday morning after Germany's ZEW survey produced far better than expected results. The Wall Street Journal reported that Germany's economic expectations reached their highest level since April 2006, far surpassing analysts' forecasts. The ZEW sentiment...

Brent crude oil steadied at $108.43 at 5:15 GMT on Wednesday morning after falling more than $1.00 on Tuesday as the US Federal Reserve's December policy meeting got underway. The US central bank began its two day Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday amid speculation that the bank...

ETF Outlook for Wednesday, December 18, 2013: Market Vectors Oil Service ETF (NYSE: OIH) After the closing bell Tuesday, Barclays said it expects the oil services sector to outperform the overall market in the coming years and raised its target on a number of individual stocks. Many of the...

Markets closed slightly lower on Monday after the Federal Reserve's two day policy meeting got underway. Although most expected the bank to begin tapering its asset buying plan in March, recent strong data coupled with a new budget deal has removed much of the Fed's reasoning for continuing with...

Pre-open movers US stock futures were surged in early pre-market trade. The housing starts report for November will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The FOMC will announce its policy decision at 2:00 p.m. ET, while Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold press briefing at 2:30 p.m. ET. Futures for the Dow...