Jack Amico, 23, part of Occupy Wall Street in New York City, attends 'Occupy Congress,' at sunset by the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. He brought this tear gas mask with him to be prepared, 'I'm from New York and we're not used to police being so nice,' he says. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Reuters – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.4-0.5 percent at 1045 GMT.


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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the trading day in New York, December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew BurtonReuters – Stock index futures extended losses on Friday after reports that Standard & Poor’s could downgrade the credit rating of several euro zone members as early as Friday.


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A trader for Bank of America Merrill Lynch works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in this December 2, 2010 file photo. Picture taken December 2, 2011. To match Insight BANKS-COSTS/ASIA      REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)Reuters – Stock index futures pointed to a flat to slightly lower open on Wall Street on Thursday, with S&P 500 futures down 0.14 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.10 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.01 percent at 0925 GMT.


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FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, trader David O'Day, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European stocks rose on Friday as investors set aside concerns about the euro's debt crisis to focus on the impending release of monthly U.S. jobs data, which many hope will confirm a mild recovery in the world's largest economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP – Stock futures lurched higher Friday after a government report showed a burst of hiring in the U.S. last month.


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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Thursday on renewed concerns about the euro zone’s financial health, but encouraging employment data was expected to limit the decline.


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Traders await the start of the trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones futures and Nasdaq 100 futures up 1.1 to 1.9 percent at 1100 GMT.


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Traders await the start of the trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stock index futures pointed to a flat open Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as investors waited until next year to begin making large bets.


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Futures point to slight gains after data (Reuters)

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Traders await the start of the trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stock index futures pointed to modest gains at the open on Thursday as a decline in Italian bond yields offset a weak reading on jobless claims a day after the S&P 500′s gains for the year were erased.


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