U.S. stock-index futures rose slightly on Wednesday, as market participants braced for the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the annual Jackson Hole Symposium on Thursday. Investors also assessed upbeat data on U.S. durable goods orders for July and quarterly earning reports from Salesforce (CRM; +15.3% in pre-market trading), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE; +7.9%) and Nordstrom (JWN; -1.5%).
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 23,290.86 | -5.91 | -0.03% |
Hang Seng | 25,491.79 | +5.57 | +0.02% |
Shanghai | 3,329.74 | -43.84 | -1.30% |
S&P/ASX | 6,116.40 | -45.00 | -0.73% |
FTSE | 6,037.51 | +0.50 | +0.01% |
CAC | 5,024.09 | +15.82 | +0.32% |
DAX | 13,118.43 | +56.81 | +0.43% |
Crude oil | $43.21 | -0.32% | |
Gold | $1,912.70 | -0.54% |