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* In
early European trading, the dollar was down around a third of
one percent against a basket of currencies <.DXY>, after jumping
1.3 percent on Tuesday, its biggest rise since July 2013.
* Greece and its European creditors have also played down fears
that Athens would default on a payment to the International
Monetary Fund next week.
* U.S. stocks recorded their steepest fall in three weeks on
Tuesday as the dollar rallied after buoyant data fueled
expectations that an interest rate hike could come sooner rather
than later.
* Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week as
interest rates rose, an industry group said on Wednesday.
* Tiffany's <TIF.N> shares were up 6.6 percent to $91.19 in
premarket trading after the luxury jeweler's quarterly profit
beat estimates.
* Michael Kors Holdings <KORS.N> fell 11 percent to $53.92 after
the handbag maker reported its slowest sales growth in at least
three and a half years as demand in North America weakened.
* Workday <WDAY.N> fell 8.6 percent to $84.50 after the software
maker for human resource work forecast current-quarter billings
below market expectations and reported a bigger quarterly net
loss.
Futures snapshot at 7:29 a.m. ET (1129 GMT)
* S&P 500 e-minis were up 2.5 points, or 0.12 percent, with
104,224 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 4.75 points, or 0.11 percent, on
volume of 11,526 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 19 points, or 0.11 percent, with 16,115
contracts changing hands.
(Editing by Savio D'Souza)
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