Burberry's retail sales fell by a less-than-expected 1% in the first quarter, it said today, in early signs of a recovery for the British luxury brand struggling with underperformance.

Stock index futures ticked up on Friday, a day after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record closes, helped by the retail sales report and earnings releases. S&P 500 futures (SPX) +0.2%, Nasdaq 100 ...

The dollar was easing after reaching a three-and-a-half-week high in the previous session on the back of better-than-forecast U.S. data. On Thursday, U.S. retail sales data and the Philly Fed ...