US futures gain 0.4% ahead of key US economic data on jobless claims, retail sales and crude inventories that should update investors on the state of the American consumer. Global markets are positive as well with the Stoxx Europe 600 benchmark advancing 0.4% in early trading, despite continuing weakness in Spanish and Italian bonds. ECB president, Jean-Claude Trichet must weight pricing…
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