Futures mixed as investors await Fed minutes
2018-10-17 07:13:09
Stock futures are mixed and off their worst levels from earlier. The market will try to build on its huge advance yesterday and will have earnings and economic data as potential catalysts. Investors will be waiting on the release of the Fed minutes from last month's FOMC meeting and looking into any language that could signal a shift in current policy. Other data scheduled for release includes reports on housing starts and building permits and the weekly DOE energy inventory numbers. In early pre-market trading, Dow futures are 75 points below fair value, Nasdaq futures are 46 points…
Stock futures are mixed and off their worst levels from earlier. The market will try to build on its huge advance yesterday and will have earnings and economic data as potential catalysts. Investors will be waiting on the release of the Fed minutes from last month's FOMC meeting and looking into any language that could signal a shift in current policy. Other data scheduled for release includes reports on housing starts and building permits and the weekly DOE energy inventory numbers. In early pre-market trading, Dow futures are 75 points below fair value, Nasdaq futures are 46 points above fair value and S&P futures are 1 point below fair value.