US Stock Futures Signal Lower Start On Wall Street

Pre-open moversUS stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade. The Dallas Fed general activity index for December will be released at 10:30 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 85 points to 17,364.0, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 9.75 points to 2,041.50. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index slipped 16.25 points to 4,594.75. A Peek Into Global MarketsEuropean markets were lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index falling 1.12 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.63 percent and German DAX 30 index dropping 0.86 percent. French CAC 40 Index dipped 1.01 percent.In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.56 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.99 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index dipped 2.59 percent and India's BSE Sensex climbed 0.76 percent.Broker RecommendationAnalysts at Argus Research reiterated Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) with a Buy and raised the price target from $75.00 to $77.00. Nike shares fell 1.87 percent to close at $63.15 on Thursday.Breaking news

• Elbit Systems Ltd (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced today that it was awarded a contract by the Directorate of Production and Procurement of the Israeli Ministry of Defense valued at approximately $70 million for the supply of Electronic Warfare systems. To read the full news, click here.
• Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi SA (ADR) (NYSE: SNY), announced today that Brazil has granted regulatory approval to Dengvaxia®, representing the third successful licensure of the dengue vaccine, which was also approved in Mexico and the Philippines earlier this month. To read the full news, click here.
• Xueda Education Group (ADR) (NYSE: XUE) today announced that Ms. Christine Lu-Wong, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, has decided to resign from her current role, effective December 31, 2015, to pursue other interests. To read the full news, click here.
• Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos said he wouldn't rule out streaming live sports, in an interview with the German publication Welt am Sonntag on Sunday. Bezos said Amazon could stream the World Cup or Bundesliga matches, and said that sports is an interesting area. To read the full news, click here.