U.S. stock-index futures retreat after emerging-market currencies fall

Source: Bloomberg
U.S. stock-index futures fell, with the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index set for a second straight week of declines, on weaker emerging-market currencies. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures expiring in March dropped 0.6% to 1,813.5 as of 7:40 a.m. New York time. Dow Jones Industrial Average contracts slipped 0.6% to 16,062 today.
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