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Euro zone finance ministers will meet at 5 p.m. on Saturday to
discuss Greece, in a last-ditch effort to avert a default next
week.
* Greece failed again to clinch a deal with its international
creditors on Thursday.
* Wall Street continued to take cues from the ongoing crisis in
Greece, with the stock market ending the session with modest
losses on Thursday despite a rally in healthcare stocks after
the U.S. Supreme Court upheld tax subsidies key to President
Obama's healthcare reform law.
* University of Michigan's final reading on the overall index on
consumer sentiment for June is expected to be released at 10:00
a.m. ET. The consumer sentiment is likely to remain at the
preliminary reading of 94.6.
* Micron Technology shares were down 12 percent at $21.11 in
premarket trading after the chipmaker said it expects a further
decline in prices of chips used in personal computers, and
forecast revenue for the current quarter well below market
estimates.
* Nike shares rose 3.7 percent to $109.15 after the world's
largest footwear maker reported a better-than-expected profit as
it sold more high-margin shoes and apparel at higher prices.
Futures snapshot at 7:34 a.m. ET:
* S&P 500 e-minis were up 5 points, or 0.24 percent, with
112,942 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 6.5 points, or 0.14 percent, on
volume of 12,248 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 45 points, or 0.25 percent, with
14,996 contracts changing hands.
(Editing by Don Sebastian)
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