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Pre-Market Trading – Crude Oil and Euro Slide

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STOCKS – Stocks in Europe retreated as falling oil prices and concern over Greece possibly leaving the single- currency union. U.S. stock-index futures slid, indicating the S&P 500 Index may fall further after it posted its first weekly drop in three.
 
BONDS – A gauge of global bond yields approached the all-time low of 1.29 percent as investors sought the safety of debt while the euro tumbled.
 
COMMODITIES – Oil fell for a third day, extending its drop from the lowest close since 2009.
 
CURRENCIES – The euro fell to the weakest level in almost nine years versus the dollar amid speculation the European Central Bank is moving closer to large-scale sovereign-bond purchases.

ECONOMIC DATA –  US FOMC Member Williams Speaks at 8:00, AUD Trade Balance at 19:30, CHY HSBC Services PMI at 20:45 ET.