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Stock index futures signal mixed open


    LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the Dow Jones down 0.1 percent, the Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.1 percent and the S&P 500 futures down 0.1 percent.

    Wall Street closed out a fifth week of losses with more selling on Friday after an anemic jobs report strengthened the case that the economy was slowing.

    The Conference Board will release at 1400 GMT (9 a.m. ET)its employment trend index for May. In the previous report, the index read 100.5.

    Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs returns on Monday to the stage at San Francisco's Moscone center to take the wraps off what investors hope will be the next source of growth for the world's most valuable technology company.

    Google has become a "political tool" vilifying the Chinese government, an official Beijing newspaper said on Monday, warning that the U.S. internet search group's statements about hacking attacks traced to China could hurt its business.

    Several leading drugmakers are cutting their prices on potentially life-saving vaccines for people in developing countries in an effort to sustain supplies via the GAVI international vaccine alliance.

    The price cuts, offered by both generic and branded drugmakers including Johnson & Johnson's , Merck & Co , GlaxoSmithKline , Crucell and Sanofi-Aventis' Sanofi Pasteur, should help the alliance narrow a $3.7 billion funding gap for its commitments up until 2015.

    Tesoro Corp will stay focused on the U.S. West coast for acquisitions as the refining industry in the world's top oil consumer undergoes an overhaul that will likely see more plants up for sale, Chief Executive Gregory Goff told Reuters in an interview .

    Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond said on Sunday he planned to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after his nomination was repeatedly opposed by Republicans.

    Goldman Sachs Group Inc could release documents to counter a Senate subcommittee report that said the bank misled clients about mortgage-linked securities, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

    The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares fell for a fourth straight session and was down 0.4 percent in early trade on Monday.

    The Nikkei average fell to an 11-week closing low on Monday as speculation that Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> could go through a court-led rehabilitation fanned bearish sentiment in the wake of soft U.S. data.

    The Dow Jones industrial average slid 97.29 points or 0.8 percent to end at 12,151.26 on Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 12.78 points or 1 percent to 1,300.16. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 40.53 points or 1.5 percent to 2,732.78.

    (Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by David Holmes)