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Global stocks held steady, with gains in the energy sector
helping pare earlier losses in European shares.
* Crude prices were up on heightened geopolitical concerns, but
gains were muted due to a global supply glut. [O/R]
* The euro was at near 7-month lows against the dollar after the
Paris attacks led to a bout of global risk aversion and kept
investors cautious on the common currency.
* The attacks unfolded after markets closed in the United States
on Friday.
* Earlier Friday, U.S. stocks logged their largest weekly losses
since August on the back of weak economic data and following six
weeks of gains on the S&P 500.
* The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq said on Sunday they
would observe a minute of silence at 9:25 a.m. on Monday to
honor the victims of the attacks.
* Starwood Hotels' shares fell 0.9 percent to $74.30 premarket
after agreeing to be bought by Marriott International for $12.2
billion, or $72.08 per share. Marriott rose 1.04 percent to
$73.50.
Futures snapshot at 6:18 a.m. ET:
* S&P 500 e-minis were up 2.5 points, or 0.12 percent, with
198,786 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 7 points, or 0.16 percent, on
volume of 29,285 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 16 points, or 0.09 percent, with 27,850
contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Abhiram Nandakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio
D'Souza)
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