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U.S. stock index futures are little changed after the S&P 500's the longest streak of weekly decline since January.

The spade of deal activity boosted some shares.

We checked the markets every 15 minutes throughout the trading day on Bloomberg.

S&P E-mini futures up less than a point, Dau E-Many futures, down four,

NASDAQ E-Many futures up five.

Ten-year Treasury, down 730 seconds, the yield 1.72 percent, yield on the two-year

0.77 percent. N the 2 year 0.77%

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