* Investors are also awaiting the minutes of the Federal Reserve's
policy meeting last month, due for release at 2:00 p.m. ET.
* The minutes will be analyzed for clues on the central bank's
reading of the economy. The Fed is widely expected to raise interest
rates at its December meeting.
* U.S. stocks forfeited gains on Tuesday after a soccer match
between Germany and the Netherlands, which German Chancellor Angela
Merkel was due to attend, was called off over fears of a bombing.
* The dollar touched its highest since mid-April and gold inched up
on Wednesday.
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* Lowe's shares rose 1.2 percent to $73.75 premarket after its
profit beat estimates.
* Fairchild Semiconductor jumped 7.1 percent to $19.15 after On
Semiconductor said it would buy the company for $2.4 billion. On
Semiconductor's shares were untraded.
Futures snapshot at 6:38 a.m. ET:
* Dow e-minis were up 3 points, or 0.02 percent, with 12,467
contracts changing hands.
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* S&P 500 e-minis were up 0.25 points, or 0.01 percent, with 95,046
contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 1 points, or 0.02 percent, on volume of
16,601 contracts.
(Reporting by Abhiram Nandakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb
Chakrabarty)
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