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Stock futures point to higher start for Wall Street (Reuters)

Posted in business on 18.12.09

People stand in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average fell 21.75, or 0.2 percent, to 10,142.05 as Asian stock markets retreated Friday as worries - from weak job figures in the U.S. to the prospect of more stringent capital requirements for banks - checked appetite for riskier assets. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Reuters – Stocks were expected to open higher on Friday, recovering from the previous session’s sharp falls. Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 (.SPc1) and the Nasdaq Composite were up 0.2-0.4 percent by 0915 GMT (4:15 a.m. EST).



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