A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting housing starts data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 64 points to 13,103.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 8.40 points to 1,395.60. Nasdaq 100 futures declined 13 points to 2,714.75. A Peek Into Global Markets European markets were lower today. The STOXX Europe 600 Index declined 1.16%, London's FTSE 100 Index moved down 1.12%, French CAC 40 index fell 1.34% and German DAX 30 index dropped 1.41%. Asian markets ended mostly lower, with China's Shanghai Composite declining 1.38% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 moving down 0.36%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 1.08% and India's Sensex rose 0.19%. Broker Recommendation Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgraded Public Service Enterprise Group Inc PEG from “buy” to “hold.” The target price for Public Service Enterprise Group has been lowered from $35 to $31. Public Service Enterprise Group shares dropped 0.46% to close at $29.98 yesterday. Breaking news
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  • Integrated Silicon Solution Inc ISSI, said today it has signed a technology licensing agreement with IBM around static random access memory technology. To read the full news, click here.
  • Sagemcom and Rovi Corporation ROVI today announced that the Sagemcom BPRSI88-250 HD TNTSAT set-top box (STB) has integrated DivX Plus® HD, the premium level of DivX certification. To read the full news, click here.
  • Pluristem Therapeutics Inc PSTI today announced that its PLacental eXpanded cells, tested in a preclinical animal model of acute myocardial infarction , proved to effectively improve several cardiac hemodynamic parameters in animals that received those cells. To read the full news, click here.
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