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Futures indicated a lower open for Wall Street on Friday, probably due to earnings exhaustion, as after-the-bell reports from American Express, Amazon.com and Microsoft disappointed investors.
Wall Street has some notable streaks going as the week draws to a close. By rising for the 12th consecutive session, the Nasdaq is having its longest winning streak since a 13-day rise ending in January of 1992.
The Dow, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq all reached fresh 2009 closing highs Thursday, and are at their highest since November (Dow and S&P 500) or October (Nasdaq).
That positive momentum could face a test from Microsoft's [MSFT
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Dow component American Express [AXP
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Amazon.com [AMZN
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Dow and S&P futures were slightly below fair market value, while the Nasdaq tech gauge was under more pressure.
On the plus side, energy exploration company Schlumberger [SLB
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The earnings calendar is much lighter than Thursday's extremely full docket. Among the reports we'll get this morning: Black & Decker, Exelon, Fortune Brands [FO
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As is usually the case on Fridays, there are no after-the-bell earnings reports of note.
One economic report of note this morning: At 9:55 am New York time the University of Michigan issues its consumer sentiment index for July, with economists looking for a reading of 65, compared to the final June reading of 70.8.
— Peter Schacknow, CNBC Senior Producer, contributed to this report
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