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* Amazon shares jumped 11 percent in premarket
trading the day after posting earnings that beat Wall Street
expectations on strong sales during the holiday season.
* Data due include a reading on fourth-quarter gross domestic
product growth, consumer inflation and employment costs at 8:30
a.m. EST (1330 GMT). Shortly after the opening bell, data from
the Chicago PMI and University of Michigan on consumer
confidence will be released.
* Google Inc shares rose 1.2 percent in premarket trading after
revenue grew 15 percent in the fourth quarter but fell short of
Wall Street's target on declining online ad prices and
unfavorable foreign exchange rates.
* Visa rose 3.7 percent in premarket trading after it reported a
better-than-expected quarterly profit and announced a 4-for-1
split of its class A common stock.
* Mattel shares fell 1.1 percent after the toy maker reported
its fifth straight fall in quarterly sales in North America, a
nagging decline that likely cost Brian Stockton his job as chief
executive this week.
Futures snapshot at 7:59 a.m.:
* S&P 500 e-minis were down 15.25 points, or 0.76 percent, with
144,701 contracts changing hands.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 17 points, or 0.41 percent, in
volume of 23,395 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were down 145 points, or 0.83 percent, with
23,898 contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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