Stock futures fall as fiscal cliff, Greece weigh
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Stock futures fall as fiscal cliff, Greece weigh
Home Depot and Microsoft in the spotlight
MADRID (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock-market futures were pointing to losses for Wall Street on Tuesday, with sentiment dented after euro-zone leaders failed to agree on the release of the latest round of aid for Greece and fiscal-cliff worries remained at the fore for investors.
On the corporate front, Home Depot Inc. will release results ahead of the bell.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (CBOT
JZ2) fell 72 points, or 0.6%, to 12,708, while those for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index (GLC:SPZ2) fell 9.4 points, or 0.7%, to 1,368.80.
Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index (CME:NDZ2) lost 17.75 points, or 0.7%, to 2,563.25.
Risk aversion grew during Asian trading and extended into European trading, weighing on stocks and commodities. The euro (ICAPC:EURUSD) fell below $1.27 as so-called U.S. fiscal-cliff worries intermingled with euro-zone-crisis concerns. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-future...beforebell
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