US STOCKS-Futures slip as strong payrolls data fuels rate hike fears
March 8 - U.S. stock index futures slipped on Wednesday after stronger- than-expected private payrolls data highlighted a resilient labor market, a day after hawkish comments from Federal
March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slipped on
Wednesday after stronger- than-expected private payrolls data
highlighted a resilient labor market, a day after hawkish
comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell fueled a
selloff on Wall Street.
At 08:18 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 38 points,
or 0.12%, SP 500 e-minis were down 6 points, or 0.15%,
and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 20.25 points, or 0.17%.
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar in Bengaluru
Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)
