NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures slid after the market’s close on Thursday as JPMorgan Chase & Co said its chief investment office “had significant mark-to-market losses” since March 31. JPMorgan‘s stock lost 5 percent to $38.67 in after-hours trading.

S&P 500 futures fell 9.2 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration of the contract. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 14.75 points.

(Reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Jan Paschal)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures edged lower on Thursday after the Nasdaq posted its biggest gain of the year in the prior session and as investors looked ahead to jobless claims data, a barometer of the health of the labor market.

S&P 500 futures fell 1.5 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration of the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 9 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 6 points.

(Reporting by Ed Krudy; editing by W Simon)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pared gains on Thursday after data showed new claims for weekly jobless benefits came in above forecasts and the figure for the previous week was revised higher, dampening hopes of a pick-up in job creation in April.

S&P 500 futures rose 1.5 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration of the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures added 21 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 9.75 points.

(Reporting By Edward Krudy; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pared losses on Friday after JPMorgan reported higher earnings per share as the company bought back stock.

Stock index futures were under pressure on Friday, weighed by bearish concern over Spain’s rising borrowing costs and Chinese economic data.

S&P 500 futures fell 2.9 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration of the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures lost 28 points and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 2.25 points.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by W Simon)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were poised for a flat open on Friday after equities suffered their worst percentage drop in two weeks, with the S&P 500 on track for its first decline in the past six weeks.

The S&P lost 0.7 percent on Thursday, its biggest percentage drop since March 6, although the benchmark index is still near four-year highs.

The benchmark S&P is down 0.8 percent for the week, and many investors were waiting for a further pullback as the index has risen 10.8 percent for the year and 26.7 percent from its October low.

Analysts do not see the current declines as the start of a deeper pullback, instead looking for a boost next week from quarter-end “window dressing,” when fund managers drop poor performing stocks and chase better-performing ones.

Factory data showing a slowdown in both the euro zone and China sent the S&P 500 lower on Thursday to its first close closed below 1,400 in six sessions.

“We are all looking for a correction in the markets and that is what we are getting at the moment,” said Frank Lesh, a futures analyst and broker at FuturePath Trading LLC in Chicago.

“It’s not a deep and serious correction but we were a bit overbought and we could just move sideways to slightly lower to correct that, and it appears that is what we are doing.”

Economic reports on tap for Friday include new home sales for February at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). Economists in a Thomson Reuters survey forecast a total of 325,000 annualized units compared with 321,000 in January.

S&P 500 futures fell 8.6 points and were slightly above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures were unchanged, and Nasdaq 100 futures lost 4 points.

KB Home tumbled 15.9 percent to $9.45 in premarket trading after the fifth-largest U.S. homebuilder posted a wider first-quarter loss and said orders for new homes declined.

Zynga Inc fell 2.2 percent to $13.45 premarket after the online games maker said shareholders will sell about 43 million shares in a secondary offering.

Nike Inc edged up 0.3 percent to $111.30 premarket after the sportswear retailer forecast a strong year and said it was heading into the spring quarter with strong demand and improving margin trends.

Jobs search website Monster Worldwide Inc is open to selling all or part of itself and expects to have data ready for potential buyers fairly soon, Chief Executive Sal Iannuzzi said in an interview. Shares gained 3.6 percent to $9.83 premarket.

Darden Restaurants Inc gained 0.3 percent to $52 premarket posted higher third-quarter profit, boosted by increased sales at its Olive Garden chain.

(Reporting By Chuck Mikolajczak; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures briefly extended their losses on Thursday after the latest reading on jobless claims.

While claims came in lighter than expected, it was not enough to overcome the negative tone in equities, which started after the HSBC flash purchasing managers index showed China‘s manufacturing sector activity shrank in March for a fifth successive month.

In addition, the March Markit’s Eurozone Composite PMI showed further contraction, led by a decline in French and German factory activity.

The data greatly reduced hopes the euro zone could sidestep a recession while indicating China’s economic slowdown has yet to wane.

S&P 500 futures fell 8 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 62 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures lost 13.25 points.

(Reporting By Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Theodore d’Afflisio)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures fell on Tuesday on renewed concerns that Greece and private bondholders would not meet a looming deadline to complete a debt swap, potentially opening the way for a messy default that could hurt neighboring economies.

A group representing bondholders warned a default could leave Italy and Spain needing outside help to stop contagion from spreading and cause more than 1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) of damage to the region.

Creditors have until Thursday night to accept a bond swap in which they would lose almost three-quarters of the value of their bonds.

Heightening tensions over Greece come a day after China cut its growth forecast and data showed the European Union is unlikely to avoid a recession.

“With the fresh uncertainties coming into play about Greece and after the effects of the Chinese slowdown, investors are taking a defensive posture,” said Andre Bakhos, director of market analytics at Lek Securities in New York.

Banks and materials shares, sensitive to flare-ups in Europe’s debt crisis, fell in early trading. Bank of America Corp lost 1.3 percent to $7.87, while aluminum producer Alcoa Inc was off 1.3 pct to $9.74.

S&P 500 futures were off 10.4 points and below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures slid 81 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures lost 18.5 points.

Greece has no plans to extend the March 8 deadline on its bond swap offer to private creditors, Greek officials said, dismissing market rumors the cutoff date may be changed to increase participation in the offer.

European shares hit a 1-week low. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 1.2 percent. Hong Kong shares suffered their biggest slump in nearly three months as the Hang Seng index lost 2.2 percent.

Oil eased in volatile trading on concerns over global economic growth despite the continued risk to supplies due to tensions associated with Iran. Brent crude fell 0.5 percent to $123.12 a barrel.

Shares in Exxon Mobil Corp fell 0.8 percent to $86.30 in premarket trade. The Select Sector SPDR energy exchange-traded fund lost 0.8 percent to $73.70.

Yahoo Inc’s new chief executive was preparing a significant restructuring of the Internet media company that would include thousands of layoffs, according to a technology blog.

El Paso Corp delayed a shareholder vote on the pipeline company’s acquisition by rival Kinder Morgan Inc to allow investors to consider a judge’s ruling that criticized some of the deal’s participants.

General Motors Co will pay 320 million euros ($423 million) for a 7 percent stake in French automaker Peugeot SA as part of an alliance designed to save the companies at least $2 billion.

(Reporting by Edward Krudy; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)