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Stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.21 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.17 percent and Nasdaq100 futures flat at 0725 GMT (3:25 a.m. ET).

July's increase from June in the National Assn. of Realtors' gauge for previously owned residences follows two straight months of declines and a report that sales of such homes dived 27.2%. An index of home purchase contracts for previously owned dwellings unexpectedly increased 5.2% in July over June, the National Assn. of Realtors said Thursday, a modest note of good news for the U.S. housing ...

European stock-index futures rose, indicating the Stoxx Europe 600 Index will extend the biggest weekly gain since July, as investors awaited the monthly U.S. payrolls report. Asian shares gained and U.S. futures fell.

Brazil’s Bovespa stock index gained after Petroleo Brasileiro SA said it plans to sell as much as 55 billion reais ($32 billion) of new stock to minority shareholders.

Brazil’s Bovespa stock-index futures rose after a report showed U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than forecast in August. The gauge rose 1.2 percent to 68,195 at 8:41 a.m. New York time.

Stocks advanced for a third day and U.S. index futures gained before a U.S. jobs report that economists predict will show private employers hired 40,000 workers. Wheat rose after Russia extended a ban on exports.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index today hit a new 14-year high, with the closing at 929.90 points thanks mainly to the end of Map Ta Phut crisis.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BATS Exchange’s BATS 1000SM Index (BATSK) was up 3.8% for the week ending September 3. The S&P 500 Index also rose 3.8% for the week. The BATS 1000 Index, operated by the third-largest exchange in the U.S., ended this week at 12,473 as of 4 p.m. ET. Last week the Index closed at 12,014, down 0.4%. All 10 sectors that comprise the Index advanced this week. Five ...

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index opened up 9.04 points, or 0.98% on yesterday's close, to stand at 929.58 points at the start of trading on Friday morning. The trade value was 1.96 billion baht.

Stocks advanced for a third day and U.S. index futures fluctuated before a U.S. jobs report that economists predict will show private employers hired 40,000 workers. Wheat gained as Russia extended a ban on exports.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index went up 9.13 points or 0.99% to close at 929.67 points at the end of trading session on Friday morning. The trade value was 25.60 billion baht.

HONG KONG - The Hang Seng Index closed at 20,971.50 on Friday, up 102.58 points or 0.49 per cent. This article has not yet been rated.

India’s benchmark stock index climbed to its highest in a week after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said taxes paid by companies increased, fueling speculation earnings may rise.

Czech stocks rallied, with the main index rising the most in seven weeks as lenders Erste Group Bank AG and Komercni Banka AS gained more than 2 percent, and CEZ AS , the country’s largest power producer, ended a two-day decline.

U.S. stock-index futures recouped losses. Futures contracts expiring this month on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index were little changed at 1,081.5 as of 5:49 a.m. in New York, having earlier fallen as much as 0.5 percent.

The index of purchasing managers for private services companies was at 51.3 in August, down from 53.1 in July. It is at the lowest point since April 2009.

Brazil’s Bovespa stock-index futures were little changed after Petroleo Brasileiro SA agreed to a price in a shares-for-oil swap with the government after almost two weeks of negotiations.

China's stock index futures opened higher Friday with the contract for settlement in September, the most actively traded, adding 51 points to open at 2,933.