Catalonia's Deadline and Japan's Nikkei 225 - This is What You Need to Know
This is what you need to know on Thursday:
1. European stocks open modestly lower ahead of a busy slate of corporate earnings and a key reading of retail sales in the United States.
2. The Nikkei 225 looks to extend its current winning streak to a 13th consecutive session, a run it hasn't seen for at least three decades
3. Catalonia's leader is facing a final deadline to drop the region's independence bid on Thursday
4. Nestle SA ( (NSRGY) - Get Report ) reveals that higher restructuring costs will hit the company's operating margins but full-year sales are on track as it attempts to realign one of the world's biggest food companies following shareholder pressure on performance earlier this summer.
5. U.S. equity futures are mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average possibly extending last night's record close - and the first over the 23,000 barrier - at the opening bell while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq drift modestly lower.
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