Stocks look to recover after 3-day slide

[February 25, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks appear headed for a higher opening, ahead of a second look at the country's economic growth in the final three months of 2010.

Before the market opens Friday, the Commerce Department will release a revised estimate of gross domestic product in the October-December quarter. Analyst predict the economy expanded at a 3.3 percent annual rate, a touch stronger than the previous estimate.

Stocks fell for a third day Thursday as Libya slipped into civil war. The uprising has caused a spike in the price of oil this week.

Before the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures are up 78, or 0.6 percent, at 12,115. S&P 500 index futures are up 10, or 0.8 percent, at 1,312. Nasdaq 100 index futures are up 19, or 0.8 percent, at 2,327.

[Associated Press; MATTHEW CRAFT]

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