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Wall Street eased into a holiday-shortened week with stock index futures indicating a slightly higher open Monday.
Stock markets were mostly higher in Europe, while premarket US averages were bobbing around the breakeven point.
Fast-food giant Wendy's [WEN
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Sanofi Aventis [SNY
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In the financial sector, UBS [UBS
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Also in banking, State Street [STT
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Shares in Asia ended mostly lower in choppy trading.
With no economic indicators or earnings reports out ahead of trading, investors' attention will likely fall on the sentencing of convicted Ponzi-scheme operator Bernard Madoff. Madoff faces up to 150 years in prison.
Shares in the mobile phone sector could be active on speculation of global consolidation. Vodafone, the world' s largest cell phone network provider by revenue, is considering buying T-Mobile UK from Deutsche Telekom, the FT reported.
And Hasbro [HAS
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