DALTON TANONAKA, CNN ANCHOR, BIZASIA: And corporate earnings will also be the focus in Wall Street's Thursday session. Investors in the U.S. await second quarter results from donut-maker Krispy Kreme and bookstore chain Barnes & Noble among others. For the premarket sentiment in New York we go to Sasha Salama at the Nasdaq marketsite. Sasha, I never had a Krispy Kreme.</s>SASHA SALAMA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Really? Dalton, I'll tell you, they used to trade here at the Nasdaq but they defected over to that other exchange, you know, the New York Stock Exchange. Anyway you're right, Krispy Kreme does reports results. Also, in terms of the Nasdaq companies that are reporting, Novell comes out after the close as well as VA Linux and there's a Lucent analyst meeting. So lots of interesting potential factors that could move the markets today. Right now the futures are pointing to slightly lower open after the Nasdaq did gain ground yesterday, finishing at 1860, a 1.5 percent gain. Speaking of gains, we're already seeing CIENA up in the premarket. This company make fiber optic and telecom equipment, and it's above $19 a share this morning after gaining ground yesterday. It's being added to the S&P; 500 index. Also Gymboree, this is a retailer of children's apparel, GYMB the ticker symbol, it's rallying nearly $2 in the premarket to 7.5 after it lost less than Wall Street expected and guided higher for not only the fourth quarter but the entire fiscal year -- Dalton.</s>TANONAKA: All right, Sasha, thank you. END TO ORDER VIDEOTAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF CNN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE THE SECURE ONLINE ORDER FROM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Investors Await Second Quarter Results