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Pre-open moversUS stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. Data on nonfarm payroll employment for April will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET, while wholesale inventories data for March will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 38.50 points to 17,927.50, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 3.90 points to 2,088.15. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index climbed 12.30 points to 4,414.80.

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A Peek Into Global MarketsEuropean markets were higher today, with the Spanish Ibex Index rising 0.70 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index surging 1.81 percent and German DAX 30 index rising 0.68 percent. French CAC 40 Index climbed 0.87 percent and London's FTSE 100 Index rose 1.86 percent.In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.45 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index jumped 2.28 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 1.05 percent and India's BSE Sensex jumped 1.90 percent.Broker RecommendationAnalysts at Goldman Sachs downgraded

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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) reported upbeat earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Thursday, but the company issued a weak sales guidance for the second quarter. To read the full news, click here.
Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) announced today the launch of an underwritten public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, subject to market and other conditions. To read the full news, click here.
Shares of AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) rose over 2 percent in pre-market trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for the first quarter. To read the full news, click here.
Tuniu Corporation (NASDAQ: TOUR) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with a group of investors for the issuance and sale of US$500 million in newly issued Class A ordinary shares in aggregate. To read the full news, click here.