US Stock Futures Edge Lower Ahead Of Earnings

Pre-open moversUS stock futures fell in early pre-market trade. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 11 points to 15,927.00, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 4 points to 1,784.70. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index dropped 5.75 points to 3,378.25. A Peek Into Global Markets European markets were lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index tumbling 1.09%, London's FTSE 100 index dropping 0.54% and STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.63%. German DAX 30 index fell 0.36% and French CAC 40 Index tumbled 1.03%. Asian markets ended mostly lower today. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average dropped 0.25%, China's Shanghai Composite declined 0.19%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.01% and India's BSE Sensex jumped 0.19%.Broker RecommendationAnalysts at Oppenheimer upgraded Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN) from “perform” to “outperform.” The target price for Mead Johnson Nutrition is set to $100. Mead Johnson Nutrition's shares closed at $82.69 yesterday. Breaking news

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• Genpact (NYSE: G) today announced a five-year, multimillion dollar services agreement to manage the U.S. IT operations for Credit Agricole CIB (CA-CIB), the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Credit Agricole group, the world's fifth-largest bank in total assets and Europe's fourth-largest bank by Tier one equity. To read the full news, click here.
• Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) reported today that partner AstraZeneca announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for naloxegol, an investigational peripherally-acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist (PAMORA), which has been studied in opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in adult patients with chronic non-cancer pain, the most common side effect caused by chronic administration of prescription opioid pain medicines. To read the full news, click here.