 Joseph Peretti with that as Delaware's morning news continues. U.S. stock futures are lower this morning ahead of key inflation data. The Dow futures are down 38. NASDAQ futures are down 17. And the S&P futures are down 5. In overseas markets, the London FTSE 100 is up 25 points or 0.3%. German DAX is up 35 points or 0.2%. And the Nikkei 225 closed up 392 points or 0.9%.