A Peek Into The Markets: US Stock Futures Down; Bank of America Earnings In Focus

Pre-open movers

The housing market index for April is scheduled for release at 10:00 a.m. ET. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard will speak at 4:00 p.m. ET.

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 78 points to 34,280.00 while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures fell 17.75 points to 4,369.75. Futures for the Nasdaq index fell 78.50 points to 13,815.25.

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Oil prices traded lower as Brent crude futures fell 0.3% to trade at $111.36 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures fell 0.3% to trade at $106.65 a barrel.

The U.S. has the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, with total infections in the country exceeding 82,316,340 with around 1,015,450 deaths. India reported a total of at least 43,044,280 confirmed cases, while Brazil confirmed over 30,252,610 cases.

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A Peek Into Global Markets


Most of the European markets are closed today for the Easter Monday holiday.


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Keybanc downgraded Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) from Overweight to Sector Weight.

Twitter shares rose 2.1% to $46.01 in pre-market trading.

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