us stock futures traded lower in early premarket trade after the nasdaq dipped more than 200 points in the previous session the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine europe’s largest caught fire after it was attacked by russian troops however ukrainian authorities later said the nuclear power plant had been secured investors are awaiting earnings results from hibbett inc nasdaq hibb intest corporation nasdaq intt us jobs report for february is scheduled for release at 830 am et analysts expect a 390000 rise for nonfarm payroll growth in february following a 467000 gain in the previous month chicago fed president charles evans is set to speak at 845 am et futures for the dow jones industrial average fell 283 points to 3345500 while the standard  poor’s 500 index futures slipped 3725 points to 432200 futures for the nasdaq index dropped 13 points to 1391750 oil prices traded lower as brent crude futures fell 06 to trade at 10975 per barrel while us wti crude futures fell 02 to trade at 10747 a barrel us natural gas stocks dropped 139 billion cubic feet last week the energy information administration said thursday the baker hughes north american rig count report for the latest week will be released at 830 am et the us has the highest number of covid19 cases and deaths in the world with total infections in the country exceeding 80843570 with around 981720 deaths india reported a total of at least 42951550 confirmed cases while brazil confirmed over 28906210 cases check out this executives sell more than 47m of 5 stocks european markets were lower today the stoxx europe 600 index fell 15 while spain’s ibex 35 index fell 11 and london’s ftse 100 fell 15 the french cac 40 index fell 22 while german dax dropped 21 the ihs markit italy construction pmi rose to a new series high of 685 in february while german construction pmi rose to 549 in february the ihs markit french construction pmi slipped to 50 in february from 52 in the prior month while industrial production increased 16 from a month ago in january asian markets traded lower today japan’s nikkei 225 fell 223 hong kong’s hang seng index dropped 25 and china’s shanghai composite index fell 096 australia’s spasx 200 fell 06 while india’s bse sensex fell 09 the ihs markit indian services pmi rose to 518 in february from januarys sixmonth low level of 515 retail sales in australia rose by 18 monthonmonth during january japanese unemployment rate rose to 28 in january from 27 in december deutsche bank upgraded allscripts healthcare solutions inc nasdaq mdrx from hold to buy and raisec the price target from 20 to 26 check out this executives buy over 70m of 4 stocks   broadcom inc nasdaq avgo reported upbeat results for its first quarter and issued strong q2 sales guidance   costco wholesale corporation nasdaq cost reported betterthanexpected results for its second quarter   japan’s sony group corp nyse sony and honda motor co nyse hmc on friday announced plans to establish a joint venture to make highvalue battery electric vehicles that would go on sale in 2025   the gap inc nyse gps posted a narrowerthanexpected loss for its fourth quarter while sales exceeded estimates for fiscal 2022 gap is guiding for adjusted earnings per share in a range of 185 to 205 versus an estimate of 186 check out other breaking news here