Dow Jones futures still in the green as European stocks slip further

As reported on Friday the Dow Jones was best performing US stock market index and right now the futures are pricing a slightly higher opening for later today. That is even as the European markets continue to leak lower right now. The Dow gained 498 points on Friday, to close 1.18% higher. There are a number of US economic releases which might impact the index before and after it resumes live trading. Probably the most important of those are the Chicago Fed national activity index and latest, preliminary November Durable goods orders, at 1.30pm GMT. After the opening bell, at 3pm GMT we get the latest gauge of US consumer confidence. No prizes for guessing the markets are expecting a further rise in that index later today. There will be no coverage of any of those here though, but be mindful they could have an impact on US stock markets in general and the Dow Jones in particular. The Dow Jones closed on Friday at 42,840 and it is right now priced to reopen around 42,910.