U.S. stock futures flattish ahead of wave of economic data - MarketWatch
Crude-oil futures were little moved after a big jump in the previous session, while yields on 10-year Treasury bonds slipped to 3.79%.
Of companies in focus, Kraft Foods (KFT:
KFT
) rose to $29.79 in Frankfurt as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB:BRKB
) (BRKB:BRKB
) disclosed in a filing that he accumulated an 8.6% stake by the end of the year. Buffett increased holdings in Wells Fargo (WFC:
WFC
) , bought a new stake in GlaxoSmithKline (GSK:GSK) and trimmed stakes in Ameriprise Financial (AMP:AMP
) and Iron Mountain (IRM:IRM
) , among other moves from the billionaire investor. There are a handful of earnings releases, notably from Campbell Soup (CPB:
CPB
) , Hormel Foods (HRL:HRL
) , J.M. Smucker (SJM:SJM
) and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF:ANF
) . Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG:
CMG
) may drop after the fourth-quarter earnings didn't grow as fast as forecast. Clear Channel Communications (CCU:
CCU
) may grow as the media and advertising group topped earnings estimates. There were further write-downs revealed by foreign banks, including France's Natixis, Singapore's DBS and Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia.
The Nikkei 225 finished broadly unchanged, and the FTSE 100 slipped 0.4%
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