Indications: Stock futures down; Goldman up after results


NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. reported fourth-quarter earnings.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJH3 -0.33% fell 57 points, or 0.4% to 13,405. Those for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index SPH3 -0.19% fell 3.9 points, or 0.3%, to 1,461.30.

J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -0.92%  lost ground even after the bank’s results had its income topping estimates. Read: J.P. Morgan profit up 53%.

Goldman Sachs GS +2.34%  gained after the investment bank reported fourth-quarter income nearly tripled in the final quarter of 2012. Read: Goldman Q4 net up on strong debt, equity revenue.