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Futures on all three major benchmarks are confidently higher premarket Stock futures are firmly higher this morning, as investors unpack the latest inflation data. Delayed consumer price index (CPI) ...

Stock futures and options trading reopened fully at 8:30 a.m. ET. Globex futures and options markets, foreign exchange platform EBS markets and BMD markets were all impacted, the Chicago Mercantile ...

Stock futures rose early Friday ahead of key inflation data as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes eyed a fourth consecutive day of gains. Futures on the S&P 500 were 0.2% up early in the day and ...

--Brent crude oil is flat at $62.88 a barrel. --European benchmark gas is down 1.1% to 28.87 euros a megawatt-hour. --Gold futures are up 0.7% to $4,230.50 a troy ounce. --LME three-month copper ...

Stock futures are quietly lower this morning, as investors unpack delayed private payrolls data from the last two months. Jobs growth totaled 64,000 in November, besting analyst estimates of 45,000 ...

U.S. stock futures remained flat on Wednesday early morning after economic data showed initial jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 27 fell to 199,000, versus the 220,000 consensus, according to ...

Stocks: Real-time U.S. stock quotes reflect trades reported through Nasdaq only; comprehensive quotes and volume reflect trading in all markets and are delayed at least 15 minutes. International stock ...