Tuesday 22 January 2008

S&P 500 futures extend fall, down 5.3 percent

FRANKFURT, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Futures SPc1 on the U.S. S&P 500 .SPX stock market index extended their fall on Tuesday, trading 5.3 percent lower at 1,255.30 points at 0830 GMT.

Dow Jones futures DJc1 were down 5.4 percent and Nasdaq futures NDc1 traded 5.7 percent lower.

Wall Street's cash equities markets were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day. (Reporting by Peter Starck; Editing by Quentin Bryar)

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