Stock index futures fall, focus on jobs data
LONDON (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0. 1 to 0. 2 percent. U. S. non-farm employment, due at 8. 30 a. m. EST, is forecast to have risen by 93,000 jobs last month after gaining 171,000 in October, according to a Reuters survey. The unemployment rate is seen holding steady at 7. 9 percent. Superstorm Sandy likely put a dent in U. S. jobs growth in November, temporarily interrupting a recently established trend of modestly rising payrolls. Amarin Corporation was down 18. . . .
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