(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures off: Dow 0.86%, S&P 0.44%, Nasdaq 0.41% May 30 (Reuters) - Uncertainty around how long the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates elevated weighed on U.S. stock index futures on Thursday, while investors were cautious ahead of crucial...

(Reuters) - Uncertainty around how long the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates elevated weighed on U.S. stock index futures on Thursday, while investors were cautious ahead of crucial data that could help decipher the state of the economy. Megacaps such as Alphabet, Microsoft and Nvidia slipped between 0.3% and 0.8% in trading before the bell as the yield on...

(Reuters) - Uncertainty around how long the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates elevated weighed on U.S. stock index futures on Thursday, while investors were cautious ahead of crucial data that could help decipher the state of the economy. Megacaps such as Alphabet, Microsoft and Nvidia slipped between 0.3% and 0.8% in trading before the bell as the yield on...

* EM stocks slump to near 1-month lows * Rand slides after early S.Africa election results * Eyes on U.S. inflation data By Sruthi Shankar May 30 (Reuters) - Emerging market stocks skidded to near one-month lows on Thursday as higher Treasury yields fuelled concerns about restrictive U.S. monetary policy, while the South African rand and stocks slumped as election...