U.S. Stock Futures Rise Ahead of Jobless Data
25 March 2021 - 8:13PM
Dow Jones News
U.S. stock futures ticked higher ahead of fresh jobless figures
and gross-domestic-product data.
S&P 500 futures were up 0.3% and Dow Jones Industrial
Average futures strengthened 0.3%. Nasdaq-100 futures added 0.5%.
Changes in equity futures don't necessarily predict moves after the
opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 shed 0.3% in morning trade. The
consumer-staples and consumer-discretionary sectors led the losses
while the information-technology sector rose.
Compass Group added 2.2% for a two-day run of gains.
British American Tobacco declined 2.1% for a two-session losing
streak and Carnival slipped 3.2%.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 fell 0.3%. Other stock indexes in Europe
also mostly fell as France's CAC 40 lost 0.4%, the U.K.'s FTSE 250
was down 0.2% and Germany's DAX was lower 0.3%.
The Swiss franc, the euro and the British pound were down 0.2%,
0.2% and 0.1% respectively against the U.S. dollar.
In commodities, international benchmark Brent crude slipped 1.2%
to $63.45 a barrel. Gold also slipped 0.1% to $1,731.30 a troy
ounce.
German 10-year bund yields declined to minus 0.362% and the
yield on U.K. 10-year gilts was down to 0.743%. The yield on
10-year U.S. Treasury gained to 1.630% from 1.613% on Wednesday.
Yields move in the opposite direction from prices.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.1%
after falling as much as 1.4% during the session and Japan's Nikkei
225 index gained 1.1%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite
was down 0.1%.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 25, 2021 04:58 ET (08:58 GMT)
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