Wall Street eyes earnings, Fed speakers
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday morning as traders eyed several big earnings reports and anticipated comments from Federal Reserve speakers.
On the earnings front General Electric, Honeywell, McDonald's, SunTrust and Synchrony Financial are among companies set to report before the bell on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo is set to speak at the Columbia Law School Conference in New York at 10:15 a.m. ET. San Francisco Fed President John Williams is due to speak at 2:30 p.m. ET at the Federal Home Loan Bank's Member Conference in San Francisco.
In Europe, the pan-European Stoxx-600 index was 0.18 percent higher. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei closed 0.30 percent lower. The Shanghai Composite in China closed 0.22 percent higher.
In oil markets, Brent crude traded at around $51.52 a barrel on Friday morning, up 0.27 percent, while U.S. crude was around $50.69 a barrel, up 0.12 percent.