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* A busy economic schedule includes September
data on durable goods at 8:30 a.m. EDT, S&P/Case-Shiller home
prices for August at 9:00 a.m. EDT and at 10:00 a.m. EDT a gauge
of consumer confidence for October.
* The U.S. Federal Reserve begins later on Tuesday a two day
meeting, after which it is expected to reinforce expectations it
will wait a long while before rising interest rates. The U.S.
central bank is all but certain to announce the end of its
massive bond-buying stimulus.
* Twitter <TWTR.N> shares fell 13.1 percent in premarket trading
a day after it posted a slide in a closely watched measure of
engagement even as its user base grew in the third quarter.
* Receptos Inc <RCPT.O> shares jumped 33 percent premarket after
the company said its experimental ulcerative colitis drug met
the main goal in a mid-stage trial.
* U.S.-traded shares of Sanofi <SNY.N> dropped 8 percent
premarket after the French drugmaker said sales growth at its
leading business of diabetes treatments would stall next year.
Futures snapshot at 7:25 a.m. EDT: * S&P 500 e-minis <ESc1> were
up 9.75 points, or 0.5 percent, with 132,959 contracts changing
hands. * Nasdaq 100 e-minis <NQc1> were gaining 23 points, or
0.57 percent, in volume of 20,333 contracts. * Dow e-minis
<1YMc1> were up 71 points, or 0.42 percent, with 19,401
contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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