By MarketWatch
Indications: U.S. stock futures slip; euro drops below $1.30
U.S. stock futures turned lower on Wednesday, as the euro dropped below the key $1.30 level after Italy had to pay a euro-era-high yield to sell five-year bonds.
Indications
U.S. import prices for November rose 0.7%, the first increase in four months.
In corporate news, Broadcom said its sees higher revenue in the fourth quarter. First Solar shares were off at least 10% as the company lowered its financial outlook.
Europe Markets: Resources, banks lead Europe stocks lower
European stock markets traded lower, with sentiment dampened after the Federal Reserve made no hints of further U.S. quantitative easing.
Europe Markets
London Markets: FTSE 100 falls; oil and resource stocks slip
British stocks declined as oil and metals prices fell, weighing on resource shares.
London Markets
Asia Markets: Asia shares end mostly lower after Fed meeting
Most Asian markets fell Wednesday as dashed hopes that the Fed would signal another round of asset purchases and concern about fallout from European debt troubles kept buyers sidelined.
Asia Markets
Currencies: Euro falls below $1.30 on debt worries
The euro slumped below the psychological level of $1.30 after Italy’s borrowing costs surged at a bond auction, reinforcing worries about the sovereign-debt crisis.
Currencies
Futures Movers: Oil futures edge back below $100-a-barrel
Nymex light sweet crude-oil futures fell below the $100-a-barrel mark, digesting results of a meeting of the OPEC cartel and awaiting the latest weekly update on U.S. petroleum inventories.
