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Stocks- U.S. Futures Flat as Investors Wait for Jobs Report

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U.S. Futures pointed to a flat opening bell on Wall Street.
U.S. Futures pointed to a flat opening bell on Wall Street.

Investing.com – U.S. futures pointed to a flat opening bell on Wall Street as investors waited for the monthly jobs report later in the session and Treasury yields continued to rise.

The S&P 500 futures fell over half a point or 0.03% to 2,907.0 as of 6:45 AM ET (10:45 GMT) while Dow futures inched up 7 points, or 0.03%, to 26,659.0. Meanwhile tech heavy Nasdaq 100 futures decreased 12 points, or 0.17%, to 7,501.50.

The benchmark United States 10-Year note held near levels not seen since 2011 after upbeat economic data and hawkish comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell bolstered expectations of an interest rate increase in December.

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Meanwhile, the September employment report will be in focus when it is released at 8:30 AM ET (12:30 GMT).

Medical marijuana company Tilray Inc (NASDAQ:TLRY) was among the top gainers in premarket trading, rising 3.73% while social media company Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) increased 2.89% and Chinese e-commerce site Jd.Com Inc Adr (NASDAQ:JD) inched up 0.21%.

Elsewhere Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) slumped 2.42% after CEO Elon Musk criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission in a controversial message on Twitter on Thursday, while Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) inched down 0.18% and Rio Tinto ADR (NYSE:RIO) decreased 2.40%.

In Europe stocks were down. Germany’s DAX fell 72 points or 0.60% while in France the CAC 40 was down 18 points or 0.34% and in London the FTSE 100 decreased 44 points or 0.60%. Meanwhile the pan-European Euro Stoxx 50 lost 10 points or 0.30% while Spain’s IBEX 35 slumped 44 points or 0.48%.

In commodities, gold futures rose 0.34% to $1,205.70 a troy ounce while crude oil futures increased 0.34% to $74.58 a barrel. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, inched up 0.10% to 95.53.

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