US Stock Futures Down As Investors Await Economic Data

US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting economic data. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 32 points to 12,501.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 4.60 points to 1,332.10. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 5.75 points to 2,366.25. US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping 0.10% to 12,569.87, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index declining 0.13% to 1,337.88 and the NASDAQ composite index surging 0.35% to 2,825.77. The ISM's June non-manufacturing index will be released at 10 a.m. ET. Data on weekly jobless claims will be released on Thursday and non-farm payrolls for June will be released on Friday. Walgreen Co WAG is all set to report its June sales. DST Systems Inc DST acquired the assets of IntelliSource Healthcare Solutions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Honda Motor Company Ltd HMC reported a 29.9% y/y drop in its automobile sales in China in June. Signature Bank SBNY announced its plans to sell 4.1 million shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering. Asian markets ended mixed, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average gaining 1.1032%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 moving up 0.14% and China's Shanghai Composite dipping 0.21%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 1.0128% and India's Sensex dropped 0.12%. European markets were lower today. The STOXX Europe 600 Index has dropped 0.48%, London's FTSE 100 Index moved down 0.49%, German DAX 30 index fell 0.25% and France CAC 40 index fell 0.44%. Moody's Investors Service downgraded Portugal's debt rating to junk status. The euro fell 0.6% to $1.4348 versus the dollar. The dollar index gained 0.4% to 74.92.
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