A Peek Into The Markets: US Stock Futures Down Following Friday's Rally

Pre-open movers

U.S. stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade after all three major indexes settled at record highs in the previous session. China announced a set of regulations that effectively ban the operation of for-profit education companies in the country. Investors are awaiting earnings results from Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT, Tesla Inc TSLA, Lennox International Inc. LII and Hasbro, Inc. HAS.

Data on new home sales for June will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. New home sales dropped unexpectedly in May, but are likely to move higher to an 800,000 annual rate in June from May's 769,000 rate. The Dallas Fed manufacturing index for July is scheduled for release at 10:30 a.m. ET.

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 210 points to 34,741.00 while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures fell 18.25 points to 4,384.75. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index fell 33 points to 15,065.00.

The U.S. has the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, with total infections in the country exceeding 34,443,820 with around 610,890 deaths. India reported a total of at least 31,411,260 confirmed cases, while Brazil confirmed over 19,688,660 cases.

Oil prices traded lower as Brent crude futures fell 0.6% to trade at $73.63 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures dropped 0.9% to trade at $71.45 a barrel. The total number of active U.S. oil rigs rose by 7 to 387 last week, Baker Hughes Inc reported Friday.

A Peek Into Global Markets

European markets were lower today. The Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.6% and STOXX Europe 600 Index declined 0.4%. The French CAC 40 Index fell 0.6%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.4% while German DAX 30 dropped 0.6%. Producer prices in Spain rose 15.4% year-over-year in June. The Ifo Business Climate indicator for Germany fell to 100.8 in July from 101.7 a month ago.

Asian markets traded mostly lower today. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.04%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dipped 4.13%, while China’s Shanghai Composite Index dropped 2.34%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.1% and India’s BSE Sensex fell 0.2%. Japanese services PMI fell to 46.4 in July from 48 in the previous month, while manufacturing PMI slipped to 52.2 in July from 52.4 in June.

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Breaking News

• Tesla Inc TSLA has commenced deliveries of five-passenger electric luxury sedan Model S after a weeklong pause, Electrek reported.
• AgeX Therapeutics Inc AGE and LyGenesis, Inc. reported the termination of their merger negotiations.
• Apple Inc AAPL chip supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd TSM said on Monday it is in early-stage talks to build the company’s first semiconductor factory in Europe, Reuters reported.
• Allarity Therapeutics A/S and Lantern Pharma Inc. LTRN entered into an exclusive agreement for future clinical development of Irofulven.

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