(RTTNews) - The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a mixed opening on Tuesday. The overhang of the credit market crisis still lingers on and is likely to continue to pressure financial stocks.

Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell, erasing some of the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index's biggest one-day advance on record, as higher oil prices weighed on retailers and travel companies and overshadowed plans by the U.S. government to buy $700 bill

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- China's stocks rose to the highest in more than five weeks, led by banks, as higher earnings helped counter concern that government measures to quell inflation will hurt profits.

June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's stocks fell, sending the benchmark index to its longest losing streak this year, on mounting doubts about the financial health of developers and consumer-finance companies.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia continued to be firmer at mid-day Friday following buying activities on key index-linked plantation stocks like Sime Darby and IOI Corp, dealers said.