U.S. stock futures were little changed as speculation Europe will act to tame its debt crisis offset disappointing economic data.
Stock futures retreated from session lows after two central bank officials briefed on the plan said European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s bond-buying proposal involves unlimited purchases of government debt that will be sterilized to assuage concerns about printing money.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei  8,679.82 -95.69 -1.09%
Hang Seng 19,145.07 -284.84 -1.47%
Shanghai Composite 2,037.68 -5.97 -0.29%
FTSE  5,670.29 -1.72 -0.03%
CAC  3,422.33 +23.29 +0.69%
DAX 6,987.13 +54.55 +0.79%
Global Stocks $96.68 +0,22%

Gold $1695.30 -0.04%