U.S. stock index futures traded mixed on Thursday as investors digested the U.S. December retail sales data and weekly jobless claims statistics and assessed a new round of the fourth-quarter earnings reports from financial sector companies, including results from Bank of America (BAC; +0.1%), Morgan Stanley (MS; +2.3%) and UnitedHealth (UNH; -4.0%).
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
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Nikkei | 38,572.60 | +128.02 | +0.33% |
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Hang Seng | 19,522.89 | +236.82 | +1.23% |
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Shanghai | 3,236.03 | +8.92 | +0.28% |
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S&P/ASX | 8,327.00 | +113.70 | +1.38% |
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FTSE | 8,354.59 | +53.46 | +0.64% |
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CAC | 7,617.07 | +142.48 | +1.91% |
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DAX | 20,647.02 | +72.34 | +0.35% |
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Crude oil | $79.83 | -0.21 | -0.26% |
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Gold | $2,742.40 | +24.60 | +0.91% |