Asian and European stock markets fall in U.S. stock futures weakened on Monday as the former. Alcoa will report earnings after the close today, for the fourth-quarter earnings season began.
The Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 40 points to 11579 points; Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 5.5 points to 1262 points; Nasdaq 100 index futures fell 6.75 points to 2266.20 points.