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Stock index futures gained a bit of ground following economic reports on jobless claims and gross domestic product came in better than expected.
Jobless claims fell 10,000 to 570,000, while revised GDP came in at a 1 percent drop, a bit better than the initial number.
Futures had been flat to slightly negative before the 8:30 reports but turned slightly positive after.
This week still has two more trading sessions, but so far, it's been marked by typical late summer activity — light volume, relatively little market-moving news, and in this case, lack of movement in the major averages.
Though the Dow, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq are all higher for the week, those movements have been minimal, putting them on pace for the smallest weekly move (up OR down) since the week that ended June 12.
The S&P moved less than a point both Monday and Wednesday, and the Dow moved less than five points on both those days as well.
American International Group [AIG
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Dow component Boeing [BA
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Citigroup [C
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The Treasury auctions $28 billion in 7-year notes today, the last of three note auctions this week. Once again, we'll see the results shortly after 1 pm New York time.
A widely watched earnings report comes after the bell, with quarterly numbers from Dell [DELL
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Before the bell, Toll Brothers [TOL
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TiVo [TIVO
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In technology, Microsoft [MSFT
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— Peter Schacknow contributed to this report.
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