13 January 2012
Before the bell: S&P futures -0.6%, Nasdaq futures -0.4%
U.S. stock futures fell after JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s profit declined 23 percent.
The trade deficit in the U.S. widened in November for the first time in five months as oil imports rose.
Separately, the Thomson Reuters-University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment in January increased to 71.5 from 69.9 at the end of December, according to the median forecast before the report at 14:55 GMT.
Global stocks:
Nikkei 8,500 +114.43 +1.36%
Hang Seng 19,204 +109.04 +0.57%
Shanghai Composite 2,245 -30.43 -1.34%
FTSE 5,641 -21.51 -0.38%
CAC 3,223 +22.67 +0.71%
DAX 6,187 +8.02 +0.13%
Crude oil: $98.71 (-0,4%).
Gold: $1639.00 (-0,5%).