Indicações: Apple, Nokia em foco como ações futuras do rali

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By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock market futures pointed to strong gains Tuesday after Chinese data helped drive rallies across Europe and Asia and as investors awaited U.S. figures on retail sales and producer prices.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/1785993 DJ1U +0.62%  rose 68 points to 11,953 and Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures /quotes/zigman/1277190 SP1U +1.02%  were up 9.80 points at 1,276.

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Nasdaq 100 futures /quotes/zigman/876546 ND1U +0.77%  gained 13.50 points at 2,233.25.

U.S. large-cap stocks closed marginally higher on Monday, with the Dow /quotes/zigman/627449/delayed DJIA +0.0089%  ending up a little over 1 point as enthusiasm over deal news helped offset growth concerns.

International markets were mostly much stronger Tuesday after Chinese economic data raised hopes that the country can avoid a sharp economic slowdown. China’s Shanghai Composite Index /quotes/zigman/1859015 CN:000001 +1.10%  closed up 1.1% and Germany’s DAX 30 index /quotes/zigman/2380246 DX:DAX +1.66%  rallied 1.7% in morning trading.

Among the U.S. data that will be in focus Tuesday are May figures on retail sales and producer prices. Economists polled by MarketWatch are expecting producer prices to have risen 0.1% in May, down from the 0.8% rate in April.

Among stocks in focus, mobile phone manufacturer Nokia Corp. /quotes/zigman/161997 FI:NOK1V +2.42%   /quotes/zigman/162154/quotes/nls/nok NOK -2.86%  said it has agreed to settle all patent litigation with rival Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL +0.21%  in a move that should help boost the Finnish group’s results.

Shares in Nokia rose 3.1% in European trading and Apple edged up 0.3% in premarket U.S. trading.

Also in the technology sector, Hewlett-Packard Co. /quotes/zigman/229301/quotes/nls/hpq HPQ -1.37%  late Monday announced another round of management changes, including two senior-management departures.

In deal news, Avis Budget Group Inc. /quotes/zigman/2380077/quotes/nls/car CAR -0.19%  agreed to acquire Avis Europe PLC /quotes/zigman/602861 UK:AVE +57.88%  for 3.15 pounds ($5.73) a share, or around $1 billion in total.

General Mills Inc. /quotes/zigman/227548/quotes/nls/gis GIS +1.41%  reaffirmed its forecast for fiscal 2011 adjusted earnings of $2.46 to $2.48 a share.

Among companies reporting earnings Tuesday, Best Buy Co. /quotes/zigman/219712/quotes/nls/bby BBY +1.37%  is expected to report first-quarter earnings of 33 cents a share.

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Indicações: As Total U.S. acções futuras antes de comércio, dados de empregos

Por Polya Lesova, MarketWatch
Os comerciantes Reuters trabalham no chão da bolsa de valores de Nova York no início deste mês. Londres (MarketWatch) - acções futuras edged U.S. quinta maior depois de perder stria de seis sessões em Wall Street, como investidores reforçadas para U.S. comércio e dados sobre o emprego e taxa de juro anúncios na Europa.

Futuros índice Dow Jones subiu 29 pontos no 12,059 e o índice da bolsa padrão & pobres de 500 pontos de 3,80 adquiridos para 1,280.80. NASDAQ 100 futuro avançado 5 pontos a 2,253.

O Dow blue chip fechado uma redução de 0,2% quarta-feira, caindo para um dia de negociação sexto consecutivo.

Steve Jobs da Apple apresenta um novo projeto para o Conselho Municipal de Cupertino, que é construir uma nova sede.

Investidores serão prestar atenção quinta-feira aos dados sobre o abril comércio equilíbrio e semanal DeSoto, que é devido ao tempo oriental de 8:30 da manhã. Os dados virão depois que o Presidente do Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke disse no início desta semana, disse que a recuperação continua a um ritmo moderado, mas que ele continuaria a ser desigual em todos os sectores. Bernanke decepcionado alguns observadores do mercado não dando nenhuma indicação de que ele estava contemplando uma torre como quantitative easing para estimular a recuperação.

Falando em Londres quinta-feira, Charles Plosser, Presidente do Fed Filadélfia, disse que o recente patch soft na recuperação dos Estados Unidos é temporário e crescimento deve rebote para um 3. 0% para 3,5%, ritmo o resto do ano. Saiba mais sobre Charles Plosser.

Mercados bolsistas europeus foram pouco mudou na quinta-feira. Os investidores esperam que o Banco Central Europeu e os anúncios de taxa de juros do banco da Inglaterra. Os dois bancos deverão manter inalteradas as taxas de juros, mas espera-se que o Presidente do BCE, Jean-Claude Trichet relatório na sua conferência de imprensa que uma caminhada de taxa é provável em Julho. Conferência de imprensa de Trichet está agendada para começar às 8:30 da manhã Oriental. Saiba mais sobre o BCE e o BoE.

Deutsche Bank, "nossos europeus economistas esperam que o BCE para deixar taxas inalteradas, mas consulte Trichet aviso o mercado de uma caminhada em Julho com a palavra de código de vigilância," disse em uma nota. "Eles fazem não entusiasmo esperam que o BCE a subida a curto prazo ser refreada por estas notícias econômicas recentes mais suaves e aumento dos riscos na Grécia".

No front corporativo, ações no Texas instrumentos Inc./quotes/zigman/243223/quotes/nls/txn TXN-80% podem vir sob pressão de venda, depois que a empresa de semicondutores reduziu sua previsão de receitas e lucros no segundo trimestre, citando a fraqueza da aplicação de um único cliente sem fio, que é considerado como Nokia Corp./quotes/zigman/162154/quotes/nls/nok NOK-4 Finlândia. 74%

Noutras partes do sector, do National Semiconductor Corp./quotes/zigman/235375/quotes/nls/nsm NSM-0. 20% é programado para relatar seus resultados para o trimestre fiscal quarto depois de fechar o mercado quinta-feira.

Mais os mercados asiáticos acabada quinta inferior, com o composto de Shanghai de índice inferior de 1,7%. Índice de referência de Hong Kong fechada em 0,2%. Leia mais sobre os mercados na Ásia.

Nos mercados de commodities, petróleo bruto para entrega em Julho ganhou 20 centavos para US $100.94 por barril no comércio electrónico na Globex, enquanto ouro para entrega de agosto caiu de US $ 2. 50 para US $ 1,536.20 uma onça.

O índice do dólar, que garante o acompanhamento do desempenho do dólar contra um cabaz de moedas principais variou pouco at a 73.815. O euro com arestas 0,1% para US $1.4613.

/ Cotações/Zigman/243223/Cotações/NLS/TXN /quotes/zigman/162154/quotes/nls/nok /quotes/zigman/235375/quotes/nls/nsm Polya Lesova é chefe do escritório de Londres da MarketWatch.

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Indicações: Ações de futuro e.u. apontando o sexto declínio consecutivo

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By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures pointed to a sixth straight day of losses Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s downbeat assessment of the economy continued to weigh on sentiment and as investors awaited the Fed’s latest summary of regional conditions.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/1761000 DJ1M -0.29%  dropped 30 points to 12,042 and Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures /quotes/zigman/1235464 SP1M -0.41%  fell 3.40 points to 1,281.40.

While speaking to a group of bankers, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he expected the economic recovery to grow unevenly and at a moderate pace.

Nasdaq 100 futures /quotes/zigman/770371 ND1M -0.59%  were down 11 points at 2,262.75.

U.S. markets gave up early gains to close lower Tuesday after Bernanke said that U.S. economic growth has been “somewhat slower” than expected, but gave no indication that the Fed could launch a third round of quantitative easing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/delayed DJI -0.16%  closed down around 19 points, having earlier risen as much as 89 points.

The Fed will remain in focus Wednesday, with its Beige Book summary of anecdotal information on regional economic conditions due to be published at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

The dollar edged higher Wednesday, while commodity prices slipped in the wake of Bernanke’s speech. The dollar index /quotes/zigman/1652083 DXY +0.14%  rose 0.2% to 73.70 and gold for August delivery /quotes/zigman/700181 GC1Q -0.43%  fell $7, or 0.5%, to $1,537 an ounce.

Oil prices were also lower amid speculation that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will raise output quotas at a meeting in Vienna. The July light-crude contract fell 88 cents to $98.21 a barrel. Read more on oil prices and OPEC's plans.

International stock markets were also mostly weaker Wednesday. Germany’s DAX 30 index /quotes/zigman/2380246 DX:DAX -1.11%  fell 1.1% as sovereign-debt concerns added to the downbeat sentiment emanating from the U.S. Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average /quotes/zigman/715506 JP:NIK +0.07%  edged up 0.1%.

Among companies in focus, Citigroup Inc. /quotes/zigman/5065548/quotes/nls/c C -1.29%  has agreed to sell a $1.7 billion portfolio of private-equity assets to AXA Private Equity, part of AXA SA /quotes/zigman/163170 FR:CS -1.23% , according to a statement from the European group.

The sale, which was first reported in The Wall Street Journal, is part of Citigroup’s strategy to clean up its books in the wake of the financial crisis, the Journal said. Shares in Citigroup were down 1.1% in premarket trading.

Shares in LDK Solar Co. /quotes/zigman/466992/quotes/nls/ldk LDK +6.45%  may fall after the maker of solar wafers and modules late Tuesday forecast second-quarter revenue below market expectations.

Also late Tuesday, Prudential Financial Inc. /quotes/zigman/294774/quotes/nls/pru PRU 0.00%  said it would buy back $1.5 billion in stock before the end of June.

Companies reporting earnings Wednesday include retailer Men’s Wearhouse Inc. /quotes/zigman/233713/quotes/nls/mw MW -2.22% , which is expected to announce a quarterly profit of 49 cents a share after markets close.

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