Dow Jones futures stutter above 40k

Yesterday the Dow Jones closed below 40k. The index was not the worst performing major US index, as of course that mantle belonged to the Nasdaq 100. Nevertheless, it was not a good day for the Dow, as it slumped 504 points on the day and closed not far off its worst levels of the session (39,807), ending the day at 39,853. Earlier this morning there was a rebound from around that price level in the Dow futures, which briefly indicated a reopening back above 40k. However that move has not been sustained and more recently the price has fallen back. The important US GDP and other data releases today, at 12.30pm GMT could have an impact on the price action ahead of the opening and right now it looks like needing some positive data from that lot, if the index is not to threaten the lows seen yesterday. An update here later this morning will cover the outlook for those releases. Meantime, the Dow Jones is currently priced to reopen around 39,920