(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures declined on Thursday as investors closely monitored a stopgap government funding bill amid escalating slowdown fears driven by President Donald Trump's chaotic tariff policies. A funding bill in the U.S. Senate that will keep the government running through September 30 is now in focus, with one day to go before a partial shutdown. The...

07:03 AM EDT, 03/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes mostly edged higher before the opening bell Thursday as traders await last month's data on producer prices. Standard & Poor's 500 was slightly in the green and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.1%, while the Nasdaq was off 0.1% in premarket activity. Asian exchanges were pointing lower...

06:44 AM EDT, 03/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets tracked lower Thursday, as investors mulled interest rates and the international trade picture. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the red, as did most other regional exchanges. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher on Wall Street cues but slipped during trading, finishing off 0.1% as a stronger yen...

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures declined on Thursday as investors closely monitored a stopgap government funding bill amid escalating slowdown fears driven by President Donald Trump's chaotic tariff policies. A funding bill in the U.S. Senate that will keep the government running through September 30 is now in focus, with one day to go before a partial shutdown. The...