U.S. stocks: Futures lean south; Amazon may fall Durable goods orders ahead; Pandora may also see premarket pressure MADRID (MarketWatch) — Stock futures leaned lower, with tech stocks setting up for particular weakness after Amazon.com Inc. posted disappointing results, and as investors readied for durable-goods data.
Shares of Pandora Media Inc. could also extend late-session losses on Thursday after results.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJU4 +0.01% fell 17 points to 16,981, while those for the S&P 500 index SPU4 -0.20% eased 2.1 points to 1,978.60. Futures for the Nasdaq-100 index NDU4 -0.37% dropped 12.50 points to 3,959.25.
At 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, a report on durable-goods orders for June will be released. Economists polled by MarketWatch expect orders rose 0.2%, which would reverse a 1% decline in May. The report is often volatile, with swings reported from one month to the next.
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