The Dow Jones fell 29 points after a round of lackluster economic data rattled investor sentiment and real estate stocks slumped nearly 2%. After the bell, keep an eye on Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN). The e-commerce giant will report quarterly earnings. Wall Street expects an EPS figure of $0.85 on top of $32.57billion in revenue. Before today's AMZN earnings report, read our outlook on the Amazon stock price after earnings.
Asian stocks made a subdued start, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edging down 0.l percent, reflecting Wall Street's unconvincing performance overnight.
Australian stocks fell 0.1 percent while Japan's Nikkei gained 0.6 percent on a weaker yen.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC