Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures retreated after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 10,000 yesterday for the first time since November.

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Greece’s benchmark ASE Index may lead a retreat among the euro region’s smaller stock markets, dropping as much as 34 percent, after forming a so-called head- and-shoulders chart pattern, Bank of America Corp.’s technical analyst Mary Ann Bartels said.

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China’s benchmark stock index rose for the first time in four days as a rally in raw material prices and speculation January lending surged spurred gains by commodity producers and financial companies.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index went down 3.56 points or 0.52% to close at 684.53 points at the end of trading session on Tuesday morning. The trade value was 6.50 billion baht.

(RTTNews) - The U.K.'s Monster employment index slipped to 111 in January from 120 in the previous month, Monster Inc. said on Tuesday. Monster attributed the sharp fall in the index to seasonal factors.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks advanced, rebounding from the biggest weekly drop in 11 months, as food companies and chemical makers gained. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index rose 0.4 percent to 238.47 as of 3:52 p.m. in London, erasing an earlier drop of 0.9 percent.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures rose, signaling the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may rebound from four weeks of losses, as analyst upgrades of companies from Home Depot Inc. to Walt Disney Co. offset concern over deteriorating government finances in Europe.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures drifted between gains and losses as analyst upgrades of companies from Home Depot Inc. to Walt Disney Co. offset concern over deteriorating government finances in Europe.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks erased their decline as chemical producers and utilities advanced. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index was little changed at 237.48 as of 1:18 p.m. in London, having earlier lost as much as 0.9 percent.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures swung between gains and losses as investors weighed European finance chiefs’ endorsement of a Greek austerity plan.