Up lets get you up to speed on the markets. U. S. Equity futures are suggesting a positive open and implied open of 70 points for the dow and s p nearly 9 and for the nasdaq a little more than 24 points. Right where we were yesterday before the retail sales report. Heres the other big stories were watching today. Two economic reports due at 8 30 eastern. Well hear from kohls before the bell and this afternoon watch for nordstrom among others and in Corporate News General Electric is going to sell its commercial finance business. This is part of the plan to spin off most of ge capital. The business is worth around 5 billion dollars. The dow closed yesterday just over 18,000 so up or down or up a little some days and down a little other days. Flat lining still. Thats 2015 and really the story this year. Good today though up 72 points indicated on the dow jones up 9 on the s p. Nasdaq, the strongest in premarket trade up 24 indicated up 25 so far on the session. European markets are mixed
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