Equity futures continue to point to a flattish opening this morning.
The latest corporate development comes from Salesforce (CRM 254.30, -5.13, -1.98%) and Siemens (SIEGY 150.67, -0.91, -0.60%), which are combining Agentforce with Siemens' Teamcenter Service Lifecycle Management platform. The integration is intended to bring engineering-grade answers into industrial sales, service, and customer workflows. Siemens (SIEGY 150.67, -0.91, -0.60%) is also using Agentforce to engage and qualify inbound leads for its 18,000 sellers.
On the data front, the September Empire State Manufacturing Index contracted to 7.6 (Briefing.com consenus 14.1) from the previous reading of 20.6.