*Bank of America falls after earnings. Yahoo Inc shed 1.8 percent to $23.36 in premarket trade after the Internet company's first quarter revenue fell shy of expectations as declining traffic to its Web properties and falling display advertising sales continue to weigh on the company.
*EPS 20 cents vs Street view 22 cents. April 17- Bank of America Corp reported a lower-than-expected first-quarter profit and its revenue fell, sending the No. 2 U.S. bank's shares down 3 percent before the bell on Wednesday.
LONDON, April 17- Gold rose on Wednesday after a slide to two-year lows this week attracted Asian interest in buying the physical metal, but sentiment was still severely shaken by the biggest two-day loss in 30 years. Gold rose 0.7 percent to $1,383.15 an ounce by 1155 GMT, having tumbled to its lowest since January 2011 at $1,321.35 on Tuesday.
*Bank of America falls after earnings. NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 will retreat from its second-best daily performance of the year as commodities fell and after earnings reports from Yahoo and Intel.
*Bank of America falls after earnings. NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 will retreat from its second-best daily performance of the year as commodities fell and after earnings reports from Yahoo and Intel.
*EPS 20 cents vs Street view 22 cents. April 17- Bank of America Corp reported a lower-than-expected first-quarter profit and its revenue fell, sending the No. 2 U.S. bank's shares down 3 percent before the bell on Wednesday.
LONDON, April 17- European shares dropped sharply on Wednesday as investors switched to stronger markets in the United States and Asia, where economic growth prospects are brighter due to massive central bank stimulus.
LONDON, April 17- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures 0.3 percent lower and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.6 percent at 0841 GMT.
LONDON, April 17- European shares sank by over one percent on Wednesday despite a recovery on Wall Street and across Asia, as investors positioned for sluggish growth in the euro area and ongoing monetary policy easing in the U.S. and Japan.
*Tech weakness weighs on Nasdaq; Apple drops 4 pct. NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. stocks dropped 1 percent in a broad decline on Wednesday, with materials and energy shares leading the way lower as commodity prices dropped, while a selloff in Apple shares pressured the Nasdaq.
NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. Major stock indexes were down 1 to 2 percent while Brent crude oil fell below $99 per barrel on the rationale that slower economic growth would lessen demand for oil. "
*Bank of America tumbles after earnings miss forecasts. *Tech weakness weighs on Nasdaq; Apple drops 4 pct. NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. stocks dropped 1 percent in a broad decline on Wednesday, with materials and energy shares leading the way lower as commodity prices dropped, while a selloff in technology stocks pressured the Nasdaq index.
LONDON, April 17- Mounting speculation that euro zone interest rates could be cut again pushed German bond yields lower on Wednesday, driving investors to buy lower-rated bonds in search of a return on their cash.
*MSCI Asia ex- Japan rises 0.4 pct, Nikkei climbs 1 pct. Gold, which led the heavy liquidation of assets across the board after weaker-than-expected Chinese and U.S. economic reports earlier in the week stoked concerns about slowing global growth, rose 1 percent to a session high of $1,381.80 but remained volatile.
HONG KONG, April 17- Hong Kong shares are expected to start firmer on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street gains helped by a rebound in metal prices and encouraging data from the United States. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei was up 0.9 percent, while South Korea's KOSPI gained 0.2 percent by 0053 GMT.
*MSCI Asia ex- Japan up 0.3 pct, Nikkei opens up 0.8 pct. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.3 percent after shedding as much as 1 percent to come close its 2013 low. "After seeing a pull-back, there is an opportunity for buying on the dips," Yutaka Miura, a senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities, said of Japanese shares.
*Platinum, palladium join rebound in gold. *Cocoa moves up along with soy, corn and wheat. NEW YORK, April 16- Brent crude oil futures fell below $100 a barrel for the first time in nine months but gold eked out a gain after hitting a two-year bottom and other commodities recovered some ground after one of the worst two-day drops in recent history.
*Gold prices rebound a day after massive selloff. NEW YORK, April 16- U.S. stocks jumped more than 1 percent on Tuesday, a day after their worst decline since November, as gold prices rebounded and earnings from Coca-Cola and Johnson& Johnson improved the outlook for first-quarter results.
*Gold prices rebound a day after massive selloff. NEW YORK, April 16- U.S. stocks jumped more than 1 percent on Tuesday, a day after their worst decline since November, as gold prices rebounded and earnings from Coca-Cola and Johnson& Johnson improved the outlook for first-quarter results.
*Gold recovers partially after 8 percent plunge on Monday. NEW YORK, April 16- U.S. We're just seeing the unwind of that today, "said Kim Rupert, managing director of global fixed income analysis at Action Economics LLC in San Francisco."