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RegMed Daily, Pre-Open, 12/28/11, futures higher, slightly positive opening

Last updated: 12:11 03 Jan 2012 GMT, First published: 17:11 03 Jan 2012 GMT

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Good morning! Here’s what you … might need to know to start the day. To understand the gyrations in the RegMed universe’s market!  It might provide food for thought … and portfolio awareness.

 

 

Stock futures edged higher Wednesday, 12/28/11 taking a cue from the EU, as markets gained a … little ground amid thin holiday trading.

 

Futures on the Dow rose 31 points. S&P 500 Index futures rose 3.2 points to 1,263.30, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose 5 points.

 

EU stock markets rose, boosted by an Italian-bond auction that saw yields halving from the prior level.Most Asian markets declinedas investors returned after a holiday-extended weekend and mainland Chinese stocks rebounded from 33-month lows in choppy trading.

 

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