Pre-open movers
U.S. stock futures traded mostly flat in early pre-market trade ahead of the much-awaited jobs report for August. U.S. stocks closed mostly higher, with the Dow Jones adding around 146 points on Thursday after all the three major indices notched their weakest August performance since 2015.
There is likely to be “continued downside” to polyethylene prices in the U.S., with an estimated decline of 10 cents per pound in the third quarter and 5 cents per pound in the fourth quarter, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets.
Pre-open movers
U.S. stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade after the Dow Jones tumbled more than 1,000 points in the previous session following speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the central bank’s Jackson Hole economic symposium. The US dollar index, meanwhile, jumped to its strongest level in 20 years on Monday.