US Stock Futures Flat Ahead Of Jobless Claims

US stock futures traded mostly flat in early pre-market trade. Data on weekly jobless claims will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 5.5 points to 17,469.5, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 0.40 points to 2,094.15. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index gained 4.30 points to 4,597.80.

European markets were lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index falling 0.23 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.44 percent and German DAX 30 index declining 0.09 percent. French CAC 40 Index slipped 0.04 percent and London's FTSE 100 Index fell 0.38 percent. In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.24 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 0.57 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.89 percent and India's BSE Sensex gained 0.27 percent.

Analysts at Morgan Stanley downgraded

from Overweight to Equal-weight and lowered the price target from $110.00 to $60.00. Keurig Green Mountain shares dipped 29.91 percent to $52.55 in pre-market trading.