us stock futures traded slightly higher in early premarket trade after the dow jones jumped around 140 points in the previous session following the release of jobs data investors are awaiting earnings results from srax inc srax and atotech limited atc data on factory orders for february will be released at 1000 am et analysts expect factory orders dropping 06 in february futures for the dow jones industrial average gained 9 points to 3472700 while the standard  poor’s 500 index futures slipped 650 points to 454575 futures for the nasdaq index rose 4925 points to 1491300 check out our premarket coverage here  oil prices traded lower as brent crude futures fell 09 to trade at 10348 per barrel while us wti crude futures fell 05 to trade at 9881 a barrel the total number of active us oil rigs rose by 2 to 533 rigs this week baker hughes inc reported friday the us has the highest number of covid19 cases and deaths in the world with total infections in the country exceeding 81832610 with around 1008190 deaths india reported a total of at least 43029040 confirmed cases while brazil confirmed over 29999810 cases check out this insiders buying these 4 penny stocks   european markets were mixed today the stoxx europe 600 index rose 01 while spain’s ibex 35 index fell 05 and london’s ftse 100 gained 02 the french cac 40 index fell 02 while german dax dropped 04 the number of foreign tourist arrivals in spain climbed 10078 yearoveryear to 3157 million in february while number of people registered as unemployed in the country dropped by 2921 from a month ago to 3109 million in march the german trade surplus shrank to €114 billion in february from €179 billion a year ago asian markets traded higher today japan’s nikkei 225 rose 025 and hong kong’s hang seng index climbed 21 australia’s spasx 200 rose 03 while india’s bse sensex surged 2 the sp global indian manufacturing declined to 540 in march from 549 in the previous month retail sales in australia rose by 18 from a month ago in february while job advertisements rose by 04 to 245891 in march jp morgan upgraded zebra technologies corporation zbra from neutral to overweight and lowered the price target from 530 to 500 check out this executives sell over 640m of 5 stocks   tesla inc ceo elon musk said that the electric vehicle maker is aiming at a 30 gross margin or about 10 profitability including all costs for its supercharger network business   conformis inc named michael fillion as its chief operating officer   chinese online fastfashion retailer shein is mulling a 1 billion funding that could shoot its valuation past the owners of hm uniqlo  and zara check out other breaking news here