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 * Trading could be more volatile than usual on "quadruple-witching"
Friday, when options on stocks and indexes as well as futures on
indexes and single stocks expire.
* Crude oil prices were heading for their third straight weekly loss
as global oversupply continued to pile pressure. Exxon and Chevron
shares were down 0.6 percent in premarket trading.
* Global markets fell on Friday, with investors turning wary about
the impact of a stronger dollar and weakening commodity prices on
the global economy. U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday, led by
declines in energy and materials shares.
* The dollar index, however, shed some of its post-Fed rate hike
gains on Friday, after the Bank of Japan reorganized its stimulus
program.
* Carnival Corp shares were up 1.2 percent at $51.06, ahead of its
quarterly results before the bell.
* Qihoo 360 was up 2.8 percent at $73.80 after the Chinese mobile
security software maker said it would be taken private for about
$9.3 billion, including about $1.6 billion in debt.
* Red Hat was up 4.6 percent at $82.50 after it raised its full-year
revenue forecast for a second time.
* Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker is scheduled to speak at
12:30 p.m. ET.
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Futures snapshot at 7:21 a.m. ET:
* Dow e-minis were down 111 points, or 0.64 percent, with 42,565
contracts changing hands.
* S&P 500 e-minis were down 12.25 points, or 0.61 percent, with
255,726 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 14 points, or 0.31 percent, on volume
of 39,432 contracts.
(Reporting by Abhiram Nandakumar and Aastha Agnihotri in Bengaluru;
Editing by Don Sebastian)
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