08:14 AM EDT, 05/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US stock futures trend modestly lower in Friday's premarket activity as investors await the release later in the morning of important inflation data for April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were off 0.1%, S&P 500 futures were down 0.2%, and Nasdaq futures were moving 0.3% lower. Oil prices were mixed, with front-month...

May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures reversed early losses on Friday after evidence of progress on inflation renewed hopes for forthcoming rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index rose 0.3% in April, in line with forecasts by economists polled by Reuters. In the 12 months through March, PCE inflation gained 2.7%, as expected....

By Johann M Cherian and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday, ahead of a closely watched inflation report that will likely provide markets with some direction about the scale and pace of interest-rate reductions by the Federal Reserve this year. Wall Street pulled back this week after a recent rally, with the benchmark S&P 500...

08:54 AM EDT, 05/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Aptose Biosciences Inc. ( APTO ) , a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing highly differentiated oral targeted agents to treat hematologic malignancies, said Friday that it plans to raise about US$4.4 million via A registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. Under the offering, the company will issue about 3.9 million of...