By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK | Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:13am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures declined on Monday, indicating the SP 500 would extend losses after suffering its worst drop since mid-November on continued worry legislators will be unable to reach a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff.” The benchmark SP [...]

By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE | Tue Dec 4, 2012 1:17am EST SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped on Tuesday after a plunge in U.S. manufacturing activity hit Wall Street stocks and the dollar, while the euro hovered near a six-week high on optimism over Greece’s plan to buy back debt. Declines in Asian stock markets [...]

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:07am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Thursday in the wake of weaker-than-expected labor market data. Weekly jobless claims rose sharply in the latest week to 388,000, compared with analysts’ estimates for a rise to 365,000. The [...]

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:18am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Tuesday after the latest quarterly earnings and outlooks posted by Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola and other major companies outweighed investor fears about the sluggish global economy. Johnson Johnson (JNJ.N) and UnitedHealth [...]