US stock futures fall ahead of economic reports

[May 10, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stock index futures are pointing to a slightly lower opening as investors await news on consumer confidence and home prices.

The Conference Board's monthly report on consumer confidence is expected to show that Americans' mood improved a bit in November amid more hopeful signs for the economy. The report is due out later Tuesday morning.

Standard & Poor's also releases its S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for September.

Stocks edged lower Monday on worries about Europe's debt crisis.

Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures are down 12, or 0.1 percent, at 11,027. Standard & Poor's 500 futures are down 1, or 0.1 percent, at 1,186. Nasdaq 100 futures are down 4, or 0.2 percent, at 2,141.

[Associated Press]

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