A Peek Into The Markets: U.S. Stock Futures Mixed Ahead Of Key Economic Reports

U.S. stock futures saw mixed trading in early pre-market trade, with the S&P 500 moving up but Nasdaq futures index falling. Data on Personal Income and Outlays will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Chicago PMI fata will be released at 9:45 a.m. ET, while the Consumer Sentiment data will be released at 10:00 am ET.

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 14 points to 11,306, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 1.25 points to 2,506.50. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index rose 8.75 points to 5,947.25.

Oil prices traded higher as Brent crude futures gained 0.34 percent to trade at $56.62 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures fell 0.33 percent to trade at $51.39 a barrel.

A Peek Into Global Markets

European markets were mostly up today, with STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.03 percent and German DAX 30 index gaining 0.34 percent. The UK's FTSE index was trading higher by 0.62 percent, while French CAC 40 Index gained 0.05 percent. The Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.31 percent.

In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.03 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 0.48 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.28 percent and India's BSE Sensex rose 0.00 percent.

Broker Recommendation

Analysts at Canaccord Genuity upgraded Goldcorp Inc GG from Hold to Buy.

Goldcorp shares rose 1.72 percent to close at $12.98 on Thursday.

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