Stock futures were mixed on Wednesday morning following a bevy of mixed economic news from around the world. Japan’s Nikkei index dropped over 2.5 percent, while the World Bank cut its global GDP growth outlook.
At 8:55 a.m.: S&P: -0.16%, Dow: -0.40%, NASDAQ: +0.13%.
Here’s what’s buzzing in the pre-market:
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers was unchanged in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI-U climbed 1.7 percent over the past 12 months, while the core index less food and energy climbed 0.1 percent.
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Japan’s two largest airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, have grounded their fleets of Boeing (NYSE:BA) 787 Dreamliners after one was forced to make an emergency landing after battery issues on a domestic flight. Japan’s transport ministry categorized the problem as “serious” but said the grounding of 24 total planes was voluntary. This comes amid a review of the plane by the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. Shares of Boeing were off as much as 3.3 percent in the pre-market…
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