Nikkei Futures Climb on U.S. Rebound Before China Economic Data

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Japanese stock-index futures climbed as the Nasdaq Composite Index had its biggest recovery since December amid optimism over corporate earnings. U.S. Treasuries rose amid increasing tensions in Ukraine, while emerging markets slumped before a report that may show China™s economy is slowing more than forecast.

Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures climbed 0.3 percent in Chicago. Futures on the Standard & Poor™s 500 Index rose 0.2 percent as of 7:09 a.m. Tokyo time after the benchmark gauge rose 0.7 percent yesterday. The Nasdaq Composite rebounded 0.3 percent, erasing a 1.9 percent drop earlier. The yield on 30-year Treasuries slipped three basis points to 3.46 percent, touching the lowest level in nine months. The yen briefly erased gains versus the dollar after Nikkei said the government will downgrade its economic assessment in a report this week. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index tumbled 1.2 percent.

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U.S. Stocks Rise as Tech Stocks Rebound Amid Earnings, Ukraine

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U.S. stocks rose a second day, after equities posted the worst week since 2012, as earnings from Coca-Cola Co. and Johnson & Johnson overwhelmed concerns that tensions in Ukraine are worsening.

The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.3 percent, erasing an earlier drop of 1.9 percent after nearing its average price in the past 200 days. Coca-Cola gained 3.7 percent as global volume sales increased. Johnson & Johnson climbed 2.1 percent as the company raised its forecast for the year.

The Standard & Poor™s 500 Index climbed 0.7 percent 1,842.92 at 4 p.m. in New York, reversing a loss of 0.8 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 88.81 points, or 0.6 percent, to 16,262.05.

The S&P 500 yesterday briefly erased a 1 percent gain, as technology shares dipped, before closing higher to halt a two-day slide. The index has dropped 2.5 percent from its April 2 record as selling from Internet and biotechnology stocks, the best performers in a five-year rally, spread to the broader market.

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Europe Stocks Fall, Erasing Years Gains, Amid Ukraine Violence

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European stocks declined, erasing their gains for the year, after a report that Russian troops entered towns in eastern Ukraine, and as German confidence data missed economists™ forecasts.

SABMiller Plc lost 2.3 percent after saying it is considering options for the sale of its $1.04 billion stake in Tsogo Sun Holdings Ltd. Rio Tinto Group fell 3.1 percent after reporting first-quarter iron-ore output that missed forecasts. L™Oreal SA gained 1.1 percent after posting higher first-quarter European revenue.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 1 percent to 326.58 at the close of trading. The gauge rebounded yesterday amid better-than-estimated U.S. retail sales data and earnings from Citigroup Inc., after last week erasing most of the year™s gains as investors sold technology shares on valuation concerns. The equity benchmark has declined 0.5 percent so far this year.

The number of shares changing hands in Stoxx 600-listed companies was 10 percent greater than the 30-day average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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U.S. Stocks Fall, Bonds Climb on Ukraine as Tech Slide Resumes

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U.S. stocks fell with European equities and Treasuries rose as the crisis in Ukraine escalated and a selloff in technology shares resumed. Emerging markets slumped with metals as China™s money supply grew at the slowest pace on record.

The Standard & Poor 500 Index lost 0.5 percent at 12:12 p.m. in New York, after jumping 0.7 percent earlier. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.4 percent to the lowest level since November as technology shares slid. The yield on 30-year Treasuries slipped to the lowest level in nine months. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined 1 percent. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index tumbled 1.4 percent, and a gauge of Chinese shares in Hong Kong lost the most in two months. Gold dropped 1.8 percent. The Aussie depreciated against 15 of its 16 major peers.

Ukraine unleashed an offensive to dislodge militants from towns in its eastern Donetsk region as Russia™s prime minister said the country risks civil war. China money supply grew less than forecast and the broadest measure of credit fell 19 percent from a year earlier in March before data that™s expected to show economic growth slowed in the first quarter. Coca-Cola Co. and Johnson & Johnson rallied after reporting earnings.

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U.S. Stocks Advance on Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola Results

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U.S. stocks rose, after equities rebounded from their worst week since 2012, as earnings from Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola Co. offset data showing a decline in a gauge of New York-area manufacturing.

Coca-Cola gained 2.8 percent as global volume sales increased. Johnson & Johnson climbed 1.3 percent as the company raised its forecast for the year.

The Standard & Poor™s 500 Index rose 0.1 percent to 1,833 at 9:30 a.m. in New York. The equity gauge has dropped 3.1 percent from its April 2 record amid concern valuations may be too high as the earnings season begins.

Nine S&P 500 members are reporting earnings today. Yahoo! Inc. and Intel Corp. will release results after the close of U.S. trading. Profit at S&P 500 companies probably fell 0.9 percent in the first quarter, analysts predict. At the beginning of the year, they had projected a 6.6 percent increase. Sales increased 2.6 percent in the first quarter, the estimates show.

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