US futures aim to rise in a day with hardly any movement By Investing.com

Investing.com – US stock futures point to a slightly upward opening on Wall Street on Monday following the disappointment of the US employment report on Friday, while investors weigh expectations of a new wave of stimuli by part of the global central banks to support growth.

The futures of the main values ​​of the Dow rise 52 points, or 0.2% at 12:55 hours (CET), they gain 7 points, or 0.3%, while the 100 point up 17 points, or 0.2%.

According to Friday's report, US job growth slowed more than expected in August, while Chinese data for this weekend indicate that the country's exports dropped unexpectedly in August as shipments to the United States slowed .

Both countries have been caught in a trade dispute since the beginning of 2018, and investors fear that rising tariffs between them – which are already hampering growth – could tip the world economy towards a recession already next year.

"If all currently proposed tariffs are applied, we predict that the growth of the first half of next year will slow down to the brink of a recession," said Mark Haefele, director of investments at UBS (SIX 🙂 Global Wealth Management.

Apple (NASDAQ 🙂 and its manufacturing partner Foxconn (TW 🙂 Technology refuted Monday the allegations of lapses in personnel management denounced by a supervisor of the rights of nonprofit workers, although they confirmed that they employed Too many temporary workers.

Apple relies heavily on Taiwanese Foxconn and its manufacturing facilities in China to manufacture devices such as the iPhone, whose next line will be released on Tuesday.

Tobacco actions could grab attention later after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Friday that vaping products could be responsible for a surge of sudden and serious health problems.

There have also been more rumors about the upcoming IPO of The We Company, the parent company of the WeWork office space rental group. A report suggested that the company could reduce its valuation to less than $ 20 billion in the IPO, even less than announced at the end of last week. The agreement shines a bright light on the "unicorn" companies that have gone public this year, many of which still do not follow a clear path to profitability.

The, which follows the evolution of this currency with respect to a basket of six other major currencies, drops to 98.28, while the yield of 10-year Treasury bonds has finally reached 1.59%.

As for the raw materials, the futures are left 0.1% or 2.35 dollars up to 1,517.75 dollars per troy ounce, while the futures rise 0.5% or 28 cents up to 56.79 dollars.

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