U.S. stock futures were little changed, paring earlier gains, as higher-than-forecast jobless claims and concern over Europe’s debt crisis offset better-than- expected earnings from Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Morgan Stanley.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei  9,588.38 -78.88 -0.82%

Hang Seng 20,995.01 +214.28 +1.03%

Shanghai Composite 2,378.63 -2.21 -0.09%

FTSE  5,763.52 +18.23 +0.32%

CAC  3,214.01 -26.28 -0.81%

DAX 6,714.04 -17.99 -0.27%

Crude oil: $102.50 (-0.17%).

Gold: $1643.40 (+0.23%).