Wall Street was mixed in early trading today, according to the Associated Press. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.2% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down less than 0.1%.
Shares of business software company Oracle jumped more than 13% in off-hours trading after it beat analyst profit targets on a strong quarter of growth from its cloud segment.
Shares of New York Community Bank got a small boost after the troubled bank said it closed on its $1 billion lifeline from investors. Shares in the bank rose 4% to $3.25 today.
In other trading early this morning, U.S. benchmark crude oil was up 22 cents at $78.15 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, added 32 cents to $82.53 per barrel.
The dollar fell to 147.40 Japanese yen.
