S&P 500 little changed before home construction data

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Future contracts on U.S. stocks were stable before today's building permits data release and the start of Fed's meeting, which will be followed by Bernanke's press conference on Wednesday. The rise in S&P 500 index futures was smaller than 0.1%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures increased 0.1%. The future indexes are currently trading at 1,634.8 and 15,131 respectively.
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