Looking to end a losing streakStock futures point higher as investors seek bargains after six-session sell-off for blue chips.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Investors are looking to see if stocks can end a six-session losing streak for the Dow industrials Monday, the longest sell-off since June 2005. S&P and Nasdaq futures rose modestly in early trading, pointing to a higher start for Wall Street. Oil prices fell in electronic tarding, with U.S. crude down about 38 cents at $58.76 a barrel. In corporate news, Google announced Sunday it will start helping customers buy advertisements in 50 U.S. newspapers in a test of how the Web company can extend its business into offline media. The papers include those in the Gannett Co. (Charts) chain, as well as the Boston Globe, which is owned by the New York Times Co. (Charts), the Chicago Tribune (Charts), the Seattle Times, which is 49 percent owned by McClatchy (Charts) and 51 percent by the founding family, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. |
|