{"id":114466,"date":"2021-05-18T09:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=114466"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:14:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:14:08","slug":"us-stock-futures-inch-higher-signaling-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/us-stock-futures-inch-higher-signaling-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"US stock futures inch higher, signaling rebound"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former Reagan economic advisor Art Laffer, Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes and former Trump economic advisor Steve Moore join ‘Kudlow’s’ Taxed to the Max special<\/p>\n
U.S. stock futures gained on Tuesday, signaling a rebound for major indexes from mild losses at the start of the week.<\/p>\n
S&P 500 futures strengthened 0.5% and futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.4%. Changes in futures don’t necessarily predict moves after the markets open.<\/p>\n
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.7% in morning trade. Led by gains in communication services and information technology sectors.<\/p>\n
AT&T, DISCOVERY AGREE TO MERGER OF CNN, OTHER MEDIA ASSETS<\/strong> <\/p>\n Vivendi climbed 3.7% for a four-day winning streak and Micro Focus International jumped 10%.<\/p>\n Iliad slipped 6.2%.<\/p>\n The U.K.’s FTSE 100 added 0.9%. Other stock indexes in Europe also mostly climbed as France’s CAC 40 gained 0.6%, the U.K.’s FTSE 250 added 0.8% and Germany’s DAX rose 0.7%.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MoffettNathanson founding partner Craig Moffett and AT&T Broadband former CEO Leo Hindery discuss AT&T and Discovery combining their media assets.<\/p>\n The Swiss franc, the euro and the British pound gained 0.5%, 0.4% and 0.4% respectively against the U.S. dollar.<\/p>\n In commodities, international benchmark Brent crude was up 0.9% to $70.10 a barrel. Gold was also up 0.2% to $1,870.50 a troy ounce.<\/p>\n GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n German 10-year bund yields gained to minus 0.109% and the 10-year gilts yield strengthened to 0.881%. 10-year U.S. Treasury yields inched up to 1.647% from 1.639% on Monday. Bond yields move in the opposite directions to prices.<\/p>\n In Asia, indexes mostly climbed as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed 1.3%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index added 2.1%, and China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.3<\/p>\nAT&T’s merger with Discovery is ‘admission of defeat’: Craig Moffett<\/h2>\n