DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Well, the Nasdaq 100 futures, earlier this morning, were down about 50 points. They have improved and are showing a loss now of just 45 points.</s>DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: All right, here's Sasha Salama to tell us what it all means -- Sasha.</s>SASHA SALAMA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what it means, folks, is that the Nasdaq is poised to open significantly lower. That future's number, actually, is below fair value by 57 points. So the pressure's, actually, little greater than what the futures are showing. Look over my shoulder, you'll see the chart of Microsoft in the pre-market. Microsoft is down more than $3 a share, to $52 and change. And Microsoft being one of the biggest companies here at the Nasdaq, it has a lot of influence on the direction of trading, because this is a market-weighted index. So of course, we're watching Microsoft and all the other box makers, chip makers, chip equipment as well. The domino effect may be happening today, though don't forget we've got retail inflation to get through at 8:30 -- so that could also have an effect on the direction of trading. Oracle, by the way, is up $1 in the pre-market on better than expected results. Adobe, ADBE, is up 1 1/2 on better than expected results from that maker of graphics software. So other stocks to watch, but Microsoft definitely expected to be the dominant factor.</s>MARCHINI: All right, thank you, Sasha.
Nasdaq Poised to Open Lower Today, Microsoft's Loss Warning Expected to Play Dominant Role