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INDICATIONS: Futures drift ahead of Greenspan
By Emily Church, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:42 AM ET Feb. 16, 2005
LONDON (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures were held under pressure Wednesday after data showed Japan, the world's second largest economy, slid into a recession late last year.
A report of a blast in Iran, carried by the Reuters news wire, also weighed on sentiment in the early-going. Citing Iranian state TV, Reuters said the blast was heard near Dailam, Iran.
Overall, analysts expect the sidelines to remain crowded ahead of Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan's testimony later in the day on the economy. A particularly hawkish stance on interest rates is likely to set a negative tone for stocks.
"We're seeing re-weighting toward equities because bonds look so unattractive at the moment," said Stephen Lewis an economist at Monument Securities in London.
"What Greenspan says this afternoon is so important for everyone," he said. "If he indicates that interest rates have to go up a lot further, bond yields will rise and remove the main reason why investors are buying equities at the moment."
U.S. blue chips closed Tuesday at a 2005 high. In the U.K., stocks are holding at near three-year peaks.
The Dow industrials futures were down 18 points at 10,820 after 8:30 a.m. Eastern. The futures had moved off lows after Coca-Cola (KO: news, chart, profile) , a Dow stock, said it plans to increase its buyback activity to at least $2 billion in 2005.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were pointing lower. In early economic updates, new construction on U.S. houses unexpectedly rose by 4.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.159 million, the Commerce Department estimated Wednesday. It's the highest level of new construction in nearly 21 years.
The pharmaceutical stocks, including Dow index components Merck (MRK: news, chart, profile) and Pfizer (PFE: news, chart, profile) , are an expected focus as two FDA advisory panels begin the first of three days of hearings to discuss whether several of the nation's leading anti-inflammatory medications should carry sterner warning labels or be removed from the market altogether.
By Emily Church, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:42 AM ET Feb. 16, 2005
LONDON (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures were held under pressure Wednesday after data showed Japan, the world's second largest economy, slid into a recession late last year.
A report of a blast in Iran, carried by the Reuters news wire, also weighed on sentiment in the early-going. Citing Iranian state TV, Reuters said the blast was heard near Dailam, Iran.
Overall, analysts expect the sidelines to remain crowded ahead of Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan's testimony later in the day on the economy. A particularly hawkish stance on interest rates is likely to set a negative tone for stocks.
"We're seeing re-weighting toward equities because bonds look so unattractive at the moment," said Stephen Lewis an economist at Monument Securities in London.
"What Greenspan says this afternoon is so important for everyone," he said. "If he indicates that interest rates have to go up a lot further, bond yields will rise and remove the main reason why investors are buying equities at the moment."
U.S. blue chips closed Tuesday at a 2005 high. In the U.K., stocks are holding at near three-year peaks.
The Dow industrials futures were down 18 points at 10,820 after 8:30 a.m. Eastern. The futures had moved off lows after Coca-Cola (KO: news, chart, profile) , a Dow stock, said it plans to increase its buyback activity to at least $2 billion in 2005.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were pointing lower. In early economic updates, new construction on U.S. houses unexpectedly rose by 4.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.159 million, the Commerce Department estimated Wednesday. It's the highest level of new construction in nearly 21 years.
The pharmaceutical stocks, including Dow index components Merck (MRK: news, chart, profile) and Pfizer (PFE: news, chart, profile) , are an expected focus as two FDA advisory panels begin the first of three days of hearings to discuss whether several of the nation's leading anti-inflammatory medications should carry sterner warning labels or be removed from the market altogether.
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Wall Street deve abrir em queda
Wall Street deve abrir em queda
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Os investidores estão expectantes quanto às declarações do presidente da Reserva Federal no Congresso, onde vai dar indicações do estado da economia norte-americana, pelo que os principais índices norte-americanos devem abrir com tendência indefinida.
Deste modo, às 13h01, os futuros do índice Dow Jones caíam onze pontos para os 10 827,0 pontos, enquanto que os do Nasdaq-100 se encontram inalterados nos 1548,5 pontos
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Os investidores estão expectantes quanto às declarações do presidente da Reserva Federal no Congresso, onde vai dar indicações do estado da economia norte-americana, pelo que os principais índices norte-americanos devem abrir com tendência indefinida.
Deste modo, às 13h01, os futuros do índice Dow Jones caíam onze pontos para os 10 827,0 pontos, enquanto que os do Nasdaq-100 se encontram inalterados nos 1548,5 pontos
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