By Nick Godt
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures fell further early on Wednesday, after the government reported that orders for durable goods sank 2.5% in June, a much bigger drop than economists expected. Futures for the S&P 500 index (SPX 979.62, -2.56, -0.26%) were down 5.80 points, or 0.6%, at 970, compared with 971 ahead of the data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU 9,097, -11.79, -0.13%) were down 38 points, or 0.4%, at 9,012, while those for the Nasdaq 100 were off 7.5 points, or 0.5%, at 1,594. |
