US STOCKS-Futures higher after Home Depot results, data on tap
19/08/2014 12:51
* Housing starts, CPI data due
* Home Depot climbs after earnings, outlook
* BHP Billiton falls after announcing spin-off, but no
buyback
* Futures up: Dow 37 pts, S&P 2.75 pts, Nasdaq 7.25 pts
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures
advanced modestly on Tuesday, putting the S&P 500 on track for a
second straight day of gains, after solid earnings from Home
Depot and ahead of data on inflation and the housing market.
* Dow component Home Depot HD.N gained 3.3 percent to
$86.31 in premarket trade after the world's largest home
improvement retailer reported earnings and revenue that topped
Wall Street expectations and raised its full-year profit
forecast. ID:nL4N0QP38J
* Investors will eye housing starts and the consumer price
index data for July scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. (1230
GMT). Housing starts are expected to show an increase to a
seasonally adjusted annual 969,000 unit-pace versus the 893,000
pace in June. CPI is expected to show a 0.1 percent increase
versus the 0.3 percent rise in the prior month.
* The S&P 500 .SPX closed at its highest level since July
28 to move within 1 percent of a record high and the Nasdaq
.IXIC finished at its highest since March 2000 on Monday,
buoyed by increasing homebuilder confidence, a flurry of M&A
activity and hopes for easing tensions in Ukraine.
* But sparks of conflict remained in the region, with
fighting taking place on Tuesday in the center of Luhansk, near
Ukraine's border with Russia, between government forces and
separatist rebels who have held the town since April, a
Ukrainian military spokesman said. ID:nL5N0QP1UQ
* S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 were up 2.75 points and fair
value - a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account
interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract
- indicated a higher open. Dow Jones industrial average e-mini
futures 1YMc1 rose 37 points and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures
NQc1 added 7.25 points.
* U.S.-listed shares of BHP Billiton BHP.N , down 3.5
percent to $70.20 and BHP Billiton PLC BBL.N , off 5.3 percent
to $65.81, lost ground in premarket after the world's biggest
mining company announced plans to spin off businesses worth an
estimated $16 billion but held off on a share buyback plan.
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* China Finance Online JRJC.O jumped 13.9 percent to $8.91
before the opening bell after the company said it had launched
China's first independent web-based securities trading platform.
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* European shares rose to extend the previous session's
rally, while Asian shares tracked Wall St gains, driven by what
traders saw as an easing of tension in the Ukraine crisis. .EU
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(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
((charles.mikolajczak@thomsonreuters.com; @ChuckMik; +1 646 223
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