Day trading pre-market open April 6

Morning traders. Thanks loungers, especially @Ravgnome and @Patterns.

Outlook for the day: Mildly negative. Mixed leads mean limited futures moves heading into the Easter long weekend.

ASX futures: down seven points or 0.1%

Overnight themes:

• Wall Street's main indices finish mixed as weak economic data sharpens recession fears.
• The Nasdaq falls for a third day. The S&P 500 also ends lower. The Dow bucks the trend as traders favour larger, defensive stocks best placed to weather a downturn.
• Private payrolls increase much less than expected, adding to concerns about a slowing labour market after Tuesday's soft job vacancies data. Payrolls +145,000 in March, vs expectations for +210,000.
• Separate report shows services sector activity slowed more than expected.
• Utilities, healthcare, consumer staples and energy rise. All other sectors retreat. Growth and industrial stocks fall hardest.

S&P 500: down 10 points or 0.22%

Dow: up 80 points or 0.24%

Nasdaq: down 129 points or 1.07%

Dollar: down 0.58% to 67.2 US cents

Iron ore: down 0.8% to US$117.80

Brent crude: up five US cents or 0.1% to US$84.99

Gold: down US$2.60 or 0.1% to US$2,035.60

NYSE Arca Gold Bugs: up 0.35%

Copper (LME): up 0.32% to US$8,779

Nickel (LME): down 2.39% to US$22,500

Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF: down 0.79% (3rd straight fall)

BHP: down 0.39% (US); down 0.72% (UK)

Rio Tinto: down 0.12% (US); down 0.55% (UK)