Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures were flat Tuesday as Republicans failed to muster the votes to pass their healthcare reform bill
The Dow futures was up 0.01% at 6:45 ET. TheDJI closed off 0.04% overnight.
The S&P 500 futures shed 0.05%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.03%.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will instead seek to simply repeal Obamacare rather than replace it.
The development put added pressure on the dollar index, which fell to 10-month lows.
Oil was steady ahead of the API inventories report.
(NYSE:Goldman Sachs) and (NYSE:Bank of America) earnings reports in focus.
(NASDAQ:Netflix) was up over 10% pre-market after reporting subscriber growth that sailed past estimates.