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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday ahead of the Presidents' Day holiday weekend.
Ahead of the opening bell, futures for the Dow Jones Industrials fell 76 points, or 0.4%, to 20,518. Futures for the S&P 500 subsided 8.25 points, or 0.4%, to 2,337.25. NASDAQ futures eased 11.75 points, or 0.2%, at 5,288.75
As the fourth-quarter earnings season comes to a close, Campbell Soup, Deere and Bloomin' Brands are among companies that reported before the bell.
There's not much in the way of data, with only the leading index scheduled to be released at 10 a.m. ET.
In Europe, markets suffered on Friday morning. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 slumped 0.6%.
Oil prices slid 26 cents to $53.10 U.S. a barrel
Gold prices advanced $1.90 to $1,239.50 U.S. an ounce.
