07:04 AM EDT, 09/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The benchmark US stock measures were pointing lower before Tuesday's opening bell as traders await labor market data later in the holiday-shortened week. Standard & Poor's 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.5% each in premarket activity, while the Nasdaq was off 0.7%. Asian exchanges were mostly tracking in the red,...

PRAGUE, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Central Europe's currencies weakened a touch on Tuesday, stuck in tight ranges while taking in a new round of economic figures and waiting on U.S. data this week that may point to how deeply the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates. In Hungary, the forint has been holding off July highs on the strong side...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window) Sept 3 (Reuters) - European shares were flat on Tuesday as gains in industrials were offset by losses in miners, while investors awaited a raft of economic data that will shed more light on the monetary policy path for the...

Sept 3 (Reuters) - Futures tied to Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday as oil prices dropped, while investors focused on the Bank of Canada's monetary policy decision due later this week. The S&P/TSX futures were down 0.7% at 6:11 a.m. ET (10:11 GMT). The energy sector came under pressure as oil prices declined on sluggish economic growth in...