* The sales data, along with mounting fears of more credit losses in the banking sector, looked poised to put a further dent in Wall Street's recovery push from the November bear market low.

* S&P 500 futures slid 15.2 points, while Dow industrials futures shed 128 points. Nasdaq 100 futures lost 18.25 points.

(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by James Dalgleish)