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Global Markets Mixed as Earnings Pick Up Pace

Investors will be focused on reports from GM, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman

Currency dealers in Seoul. The Kospi declined 1.3% on Tuesday due to profit taking, weighed down by battery and defense stocks.
Currency dealers in Seoul. The Kospi declined 1.3% on Tuesday due to profit taking, weighed down by battery and defense stocks. Photo: jung yeon-je/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat open after a mixed session on Wall Street Monday, while international equity markets were also mixed so far Tuesday as earnings season sweeps into full gear. Investors will be focused on reports from General Motors and Coca-Cola, also defense stocks Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. In Europe, German software company SAP reports after the close.

—U.S. futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all barely above flat early in European trading.

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