U.S. stock index futures
indicated a lower open on Friday morning as traders eyed the release of a host
of data ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
Markit PMI data is set to
come out at 9:45 a.m. ET, with ISM manufacturing data and construction spending
due to be released at 10:00 a.m. Vehicle sales data is also set to come out
today.
Loretta Mester, Cleveland
Fed President, is due to speak at 11:00 a.m. ET in London at the European
Economics and Financial Centre.
In Europe, the pan European
Stoxx 600 Index was down by around 0.14 percent on Friday morning. In Asia,
Japan's Nikkei closed 0.68 percent higher on Friday while in China, the
Shanghai Composite closed 0.11 percent higher.
In oil markets, Brent crude
traded at around $49.90 a barrel on Friday morning, up 0.33 percent, while U.S.
crude was at around $48.49, up 0.33 percent.
Credit:CNBC
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