Wake Up Wall Street: Winning Streak Comes to a Close

U.S. stock futures fall Friday and shares in Europe and Asia trade lower following declines on Wall Street and as the dollar firms

Author:: Edward Hardy
Publish date:: Feb 17, 2017 7:14 AM EST

This is what you need to know before the bell:

1. U.S. stock futures fell Friday and shares in Europe and Asia traded lower following declines on Wall Street and as the dollar firmed. Wall Street's longest winning streak in a quarter century came to a close on Thursday as investors took a breather after five days of records.

2. Shares of Samsung (SSNLF) fell sharply Friday after its most senior executive was detained by authorities in Seoul amid charges of influence peddling in a nationwide scandal that has led to the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye.

3. Apple (AAPL) - Get Report will begin assembling in the coming months its lower-priced iPhone SE models at a contract manufacturer's plant in the southern Indian technology hub of Bengaluru.

4. Donald Trump on Friday will visit Boeing's (BA) - Get Report complex in North Charleston, S.C., where the 787 Dreamliner is manufactured. The president's visit comes two days after production workers at the plant rejected an effort to unionize.