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* A
Commerce Department report is expected to show that retail sales
rebounded by 0.6 percent in April after falling in March. The
data is due at 8:30 a.m. ET (1230 GMT).
* Also in focus is a monthly report on the consumer price index
and inflation rate, as well as the University of Michigan's
consumer sentiment data for May.
* A batch of dismal department store earnings, mainly from
Macy's <M.N>, weighed on leading U.S. stock indexes, which
closed lower on Thursday.
* From the Federal Reserve, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans
and his Philadelphia counterpart Patrick Harker are scheduled to
speak at separate events and could provide clues on the central
banks plans to raise interest rates next month.
* Shares of Nordstrom <JWN.N> were off 4 percent at $44.40 in
premarket trading after the upscale department store reported a
decline in comparable store sales.
* CyberArk <CYBR.O> was down 10 percent at $49.52 after issuing
a disappointing full-year earnings forecast.
* Online advertising firm Trade Desk surged 22 percent to $48.80
after reporting quarterly revenue that handily beat analysts'
estimates.
* T-Mobile was up 3.3 percent at $68 after Bloomberg reported
that Sprint and its controlling shareholder SoftBank have
started talks to merge with T-Mobile US. Sprint shares rose 3.2
percent.
Futures snapshot at 7:02 a.m. ET:
* Dow e-minis were down 29 points, or 0.14 percent, with 15,281
contracts changing hands.
* S&P 500 e-minis were down 5 points, or 0.21 percent, with
107,065 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 6.75 points, or 0.12 percent, on
volume of 17,045 contracts.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by
Anil D'Silva)
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