• Before the bell: S&P futures +0.29%, Nasdaq futures +0.25%

Market news

24 March 2014

Before the bell: S&P futures +0.29%, Nasdaq futures +0.25%

U.S. stock-index futures advanced  as optimism about the strength of the world’s largest economy overshadowed concern the crisis in Ukraine may escalate.

Shares of Apple (AAPL) rose more than 1% on a report that the company has held talks with Comcast about streaming live and on-demand television.

Global markets:

Nikkei

14,475.30

+1.77%

Hang Seng

21,846.45

+1.91%

Shanghai Composite

2,066.28

+0.91%

FTSE

6,551.11

-0.09%

CAC

4,324.77

-0.24%

DAX

9,317.09

-0.28%

Crude oil $100.15 (+0.69%)

Gold $1315.50 (-1.53%).

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