A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts - Boeing (NYSE:BA)

Pre-open movers

US stock futures are slightly lower this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 21 points to 13,029.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 3 points to 1,403.00. Nasdaq 100 futures declined 6 points to 2,768.50.

A Peek Into Global Markets

European markets were mostly higher today. The STOXX Europe 600 Index rose 0.21%, French CAC 40 index dropepd 0.27%. London's FTSE 100 Index moved down 0.20% and German DAX 30 index rose 0.68%. Asian markets ended lower, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average falling 1.09%, China's Shanghai Composite dropping 0.29% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 moving down 0.64%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index declined 1.47% and India's Sensex dipped 0.80%.

Broker Recommendation

Analysts at Deutsche Bank upgraded Williams-Sonoma

WSM

from “hold” to “buy.” The target price for Williams-Sonoma has been raised from $38 to $48. Williams-Sonoma shares gained 0.49% to close at $41.22 yesterday.

Breaking news

Boeing BA projects that China will need 5,260 new commercial airplanes valued at $670 billion over the next 20 years. To read the full news, click here.
Western Refining WNR and Glencore International announced today that two of their subsidiary companies, (York River Fuels, LLC and Glencore LTD) have entered into a long-term commercial supply and trading agreement. To read the full news, click here.
LyondellBasell LYB today announced that affiliates of Apollo Management Holdings L.P. have priced a public offering of 17.5 million ordinary shares of LyondellBasell at a price to the public of $46.94 per share. To read the full news, click here.
L & L Energy LLEN has acquired the existing operations of GuangYeh Coal Sales Co. To read the full news, click here.

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