Futures inch higher after sell-off
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U.S. stock futures inched higher on Wednesday as investors scoured for beaten-down shares a day after Wall Street suffered its worst slide in three weeks.
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Stock futures edged higher on Friday, helped by optimism about takeover activity and private equity deals.
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Dow Jones futures rose 37 points recently, while Nasdaq futures climbed 6 points and Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s futures edged up 3.60 points.
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Stock index futures rose on Thursday, with Wall Street set to rise for a second day on hopes government and central bank measures to forestall a recession could work.
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Stock futures edged higher on Friday, with technology shares set to gain after Microsoft Corp.  raised its profit outlook, but record oil prices could spur caution.
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Stock index futures rose, lifted by news of a General Electric deal to buy a Merrill Lynch lending unit.
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Stock index futures edged up before  the start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on  quarterly results from investment bank Bear Stearns  and  a raft of economic indicators.
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U.S. stock futures gained on Tuesday,  pointing to a higher open on Wall Street, as oil prices  steadied around $42 a barrel, while investors awaited a report  on U.S. factory orders.
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Stock futures edged higher on  Thursday, boosted by takeover news, but investors were cautious  before economic data that could give clues on the outlook for  interest rates.
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U.S. Treasury prices moved narrowly  higher on Wednesday as an earlier bout of profit-taking turned  into a chance to buy securities, traders said.
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Stock index futures edged up before the start of Wall Street trading on Wednesday with all eyes on retail sales data for clues about the health of the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Tuesday,  pointing to a higher market open, on retreating oil prices and  stronger-than-expected earnings from technology bellwethers  International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N and Texas  Instruments Inc. TXN.N
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Stock futures rose early Tuesday,  pointing to a higher market open, lifted by  better-than-expected earnings and outlook from IBM and a  further decline in oil prices.
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US stock futures were headed higher Wednesday as traders dive into a new month looking for an upbeat December market despite lingering questions about oil prices and a weaker dollar.
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Stock index futures rose on Thursday, indicating the rally on Wall Street may continue for a fourth consecutive day as investors focused on fresh jobs data and kept a close eye on the struggling financial sector.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed higher on Friday, a day after the Dow industrials closed at a record high as investors awaited a report on U.S. consumer prices that could show tame inflation accompanying a moderate economic slowdown.
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Stock index futures rose on Thursday,  indicating the rally on Wall Street may continue for a fourth  consecutive day as investors focused on fresh jobs data and  kept a close eye on the struggling financial sector.