United States equities futures prices fell slightly on Wednesday evening (Thursday AEDT) with banking stocks mostly flat in after-hours trading following a day of losses.
S&P 500 futures were down 0.1% to 6,957.00 points by 10:20 am AEDT (11:25 pm GMT). Dow Jones futures slid 0.1% to 49,299.00 and Nasdaq futures fell 0.2% to 25,592.00 .
During the day, the S&P 500 shed 0.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1%.
Banking stocks fell for a third straight day today. In after-hours trading, Bank of America and Citigroup were flat while Wells Fargo was down 0.1% after all three reported earnings.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will release earnings tomorrow.
Nvidia shares dipped a further 0.2% in after-hours trading. Shares declined during the day after reports that China’s government does not plan to allow Nvidia’s H200 chips into the country, and would only approve purchases in special circumstances.
Fellow chipmakers Micron and Broadcom also declined during the day, each dropping 0.6% after-hours.
The U.S. reported better-than-expected retail sales data for November today. Sales rose 0.6%, surpassing FactSet estimates of 0.4% and climbing from a 0.1% decrease in October.
The producer price index was up 0.2% in November, below Dow Jones estimates of 0.3%.
The U.S. will release export and import price data for November tomorrow.
