Manufacturing survey from ISM, dollar trading in international markets and metals and oil prices are likely to dominate trading sentiment in the morning hours. Japan inflation dropped to 0.1% on lower oil lifting dollar against yen. Dollar is trading flat against yen but is lower against euro. Auto sales report in the aternoon is expected to show steady improvement in domestic auto sales. GM, AMD, BHP and Apple are leaading gainers in pre-market trading. |