Stock futures dip with Syria, gold in focus

Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average index futures lost 0.02%, Standard & Poor's 500 index futures dipped 0.2% and Nasdaq index futures fell by a similar amount.

Wall Street closed slightly lower Thursday. The Dow fell 0.2% to close at 15,300.64. The S&P 500 index fell 0.3% to 1,683.42. The Nasdaq fell 0.2% to 3,715.97.

The major U.S. market indexes had traded in the green for over a week.

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