Business
Stock index futures signal slight gains
PARIS - Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P; 500 up 0.12 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.26 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.05 percent at 0750 GMT.
Recent Business News
Poland says may cut stake in miner JSW to 34 percent
WARSAW - Poland could cut its stake in the European Union's largest coking coal miner, JSW , to a little more than a third without losing control of the group, its deputy treasury minister said on Tuesday, signaling a looming stake sale.
Growth worries, Spanish concerns check euro, share gains
LONDON - Uncertainty over Spain's next move to tackle its funding problems and renewed worries about the global growth outlook capped moves in shares and the euro on Tuesday.
Nasdaq strikes cloud deal with Amazon to cut clients' data costs
LONDON - Nasdaq OMX on Tuesday launched a cloud computing platform built by Amazon Web Services which it said would allow its trading clients to cut the cost of storing financial data.
Coal of Africa down nearly 18 percent as workers strike
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg-listed shares of Coal of Africa plummeted nearly 18 percent in Johannesburg after the company confirmed some of its staff at the Mooiplaats Colliery started a legal strike on Tuesday.
Markets
- U.S.
- Europe
- Asia
- Sectors
DOW | 13,558.92 | -20.55 | -0.15% |
S&P; 500 | 1,456.89 | -3.26 | -0.22% |
NASDAQ | 3,160.78 | -19.18 | -0.60% |
TR US Index | 131.72 | -0.35 | -0.26% |
Sector Summary
Energy | +0.04% |
Basic Materials | -0.09% |
Industrials | +0.05% |
Cyclical Goods & Services | +0.14% |
Non-Cyclical Goods & Services | +0.14% |
Financials | +0.06% |
Healthcare | +0.10% |
Technology | +0.04% |
Telecoms | +0.06% |
Utilities | -0.25% |