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Non-farm payrolls are expected to have expanded to 225,000 in
the month from 223,000 in April, with the unemployment rate
holding at 5.4 percent. The Labor Department will issue the data
at 8:30 a.m. ET (1230 GMT).
* The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment
benefits fell last week and was the 13th straight week that
claims held below the 300,000 threshold, which is usually
associated with a strengthening labor market.
* The Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley
speaks before the Economic Club of Minnesota June Luncheon, in
Minneapolis, Minnesota at 12:40 a.m. ET. Investors will keep an
eye on the speech for his take on the monthly jobs data.
* European shares were on track for their worst week of the year
as a losing streak for bonds rumbled on and with wary investors
anticipating more debt drama over Greece.
* Greece delayed a payment to the International Monetary Fund as
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras demanded changes to tough terms
from international creditors for aid to stave off default.
Tsipras is set to address the Greek parliament at 11:00 a.m. ET.
* LightInTheBox <LITB.N> shares fell 3.3 percent to $4.68 in
premarket trading a day after the Chinese online retailer
forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts' expectations.
* Lightbridge <LTBR.O> jumped 12.2 percent to $1.93 after the
company was granted a patent by South Korea for a metallic
nuclear fuel design.
Futures snapshot at 7:19 a.m. ET:
* S&P 500 e-minis were down 5.75 points, or 0.27 percent, with
136,324 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 11.5 points, or 0.26
percent, on volume of 21,479 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were down 48 points, or 0.27 percent, with 21,389
contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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