DALTON TANONAKA, CNN ANCHOR, BIZASIA: Market in the U.S. hope to bounce back from a midweek fall. For sentiment ahead of the market opening on Wall Street we go to Sasha Salama. She's at the Nasdaq marketsite in New York. Sasha, how's Thursday shaping up there?</s>SASHA SALAMA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Dalton, the futures are actually pointing to a lower open, not welcome to the bulls, who saw the Nasdaq plummet yesterday; it fell to its lowest level since April 16th, the lowest level in about four months, 1918, on volume that was the heaviest so far this week. For the day the Nasdaq lost more than 2 percent. Today we've got earnings reports front and center, the one coming from Dell Computer. Dell finishing at $25 1/2 a share. Credit Suisse First Boston said that industry conditions are still very difficult and brought down earnings estimates for Dell, which is the No.1 maker of personal computers in the world. So a lot riding on this report, 16 cents a share expected from Dell. Another big report that comes out after the close is CIENA, which got hit in yesterday's trading. CIEN makes both fiber-optic and telecom equipment. The expectation there is for 17 cents. So we'll be watching out for these two key reports, and we'll also be watching to see volume to see if it picks up at all. It's been extremely slow here at the Nasdaq -- Dalton.</s>TANONAKA: Dog days of summer. Thank you, Sasha. 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
U.S. Markets Hope to Bounce Back After Midweek Slide