Equity futures are pointing lower this morning with the Dow Jones Industrial Average looking to open 64 points lower while the broader S&P500 index looking to open 8 points lower. Moving fast in the pre-market session are shares of Amarin up 71% after the company met all primary and secondary endpoints with statistically significant reductions in triglycerides, decrease in LDL-C; and shares of A123 Systems are up over 6% after the company was upgraded to buy from neutral at Goldman Sachs. Shares of Hecla Mining are down over 5% as rescuers try to find a miner who is trapped more than a mile underground following the collapse of a tunnel at a northern Idaho silver mine; and shares of Community Health Systems are down 14% after Oppenheimer downgraded the company to perform from outperform and as it faces inquiry on Medicare claims.
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