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Wall St futures fall as coronavirus toll rises, China plans return to work

Published 10/02/2020, 01:16
Updated 10/02/2020, 01:19
© Reuters.  Wall St futures fall as coronavirus toll rises, China plans return to work

NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures fell on

Sunday after China's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak

exceeded the global total from the SARS epidemic and as

authorities prepared for millions of people to return to work

after an extended Lunar New Year break.

Investors, carefully monitoring the virus with concerns

about the global economic impact, had pushed Wall Street lower

on Friday.

China reported that the total number of coronavirus deaths

on the mainland reached 908 as of the end of Sunday with 97 new

deaths, compared with 89 on Saturday.

Futures snapshot at 7:00PM ET 00:00 GMT:

* S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were down 13.25 points, or 0.4%,

with 54,719 contracts changing hands.

* Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were down 49 points, or 0.52%,

in volume of 21,984 contracts.

* Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were down 120 points, or 0.41%, with

9,322 contracts changing hands.

* Benchmark 10-year note futures TYv1 last rose 5/32 in

price.

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