A Peek Into The Markets: US Stock Futures Edge Lower Ahead Of Earnings, Fed Speakers Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade after the Dow Jones jumped around 250 points in the previous session. Investors are awaiting earnings results from General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS ), KB Home (NYSE: KBH ) and Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS ). Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to speak at 8:00 a.m. ET. Data on new home sales for February will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly will speak at 11:45 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 68 points to 34,641.00 while the Standard Poor’s 500 index futures fell 9.25 points to 4,495.75. Futures for the Nasdaq index fell 33 points to 14,621.00. Check out our premarket coverage here . Oil prices traded higher as Brent crude futures rose 1.2% to trade at $116.88 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures rose 1.2% to … Full story available on Benzinga.com