Dow 23,000 on the line as eBay, Apple help drive U.S. stock futures lower
October 19, 2017 at 06:09 AM EDT
U.S. stock futures took a sharp tumble before paring some of those losses on Thursday, with weakness concentrated in the tech sector, such as eBay, which cut its forecast late Wednesday and Apple. Others pointed to news that the Spanish government will strip Catalonia of independence this weekend as a trigger.