U.S. stock futures fell amid concern Spain’s regional governments are having trouble with finances.

Spain’s government is analyzing “with all caution” requests from regional governments to help them regain access to capital markets, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said. “These are complex mechanisms, which have to analyzed with all the difficulties and complexities,” she told reporters today after a cabinet meeting.

Investors also awaited the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment for May. The gauge climbed to 77.8, the highest since January 2008, from 76.4 the prior month, according to the median forecast of economists.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei  8,580.39 +17.01 +0.20%

Hang Seng 18,713.41 +47.01 +0.25%

Shanghai Composite 2,333.55 -17.42 -0.74%

FTSE  5,313.91 -36.14 -0.68%

CAC  3,017.33 -20.92 -0.69%

DAX 6,284.95 -30.94 -0.49%

Crude oil $90.52 (-0.15%)

Gold $1561.50 (+0.26%)