Empresas y finanzas

Wall Street futures mixed after Goldman



    (Reuters) - Futures for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were up 0.05 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively, at 5:47 a.m. EDT, while futures for the Dow Jones industrial average were down 0.2 percent.

    * Goldman Sachs shares in Frankfurt jumped 8.1 percent after the bank posted a much higher-than-expected first quarter profit, taking on more trading risk, and said it planned a $5 billion common share sale to help pay back government funds.

    * Citigroup shares in Frankfurt soared 31 percent while JP Morgan jumped 9 percent.

    * The bank results lifted European financials, and the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was up 2.1 percent, boosted also by gains in mining stocks, which tracked copper higher.

    Tuesday is the first day of trading for European stocks after the Easter break -- U.S. markets were open on Monday and ended mixed with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slightly higher, and the Dow slightly lower.

    * General Motors fell 15 percent in Frankfurt on fears that the U.S. government would push the automaker into a bankruptcy that could wipe out existing equity.

    * Chipmaker Intel is set to kick off tech earnings season, with results eyed closely for guidance on the semiconductor market.

    * Healthcare group Johnson & Johnson is expected to earn $1.22 a share excluding items, down from $1.26 a year earlier, according to Reuters estimates.

    * U.S. Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to give a lecture, entitled "Four questions about the Financial Crisis," at 1730 GMT in Atlanta, Georgia.

    * On the macroeconomics front, March retail sales are due at 1230 GMT, as was March producer price data.

    * The Energy Information Administration is to present its outlook for gasoline and other fuels with the release of its short-term energy outlook.

    * The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that Chrysler's creditors planned to make a counteroffer to the U.S. Treasury this week in which they might ask for equity in a firm combining Chrysler with potential partner Fiat in exchange for concessions.

    (Reporting by Sitaraman Shankar; editing by Karen Foster)