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Pre-open moversUS stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade, ahead of wholesale trade data. Data on wholesale trade for April will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 25 points to 16,911.00, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 4.30 points to 1,945.90. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index dropped 6.75 points to 3,787.00.

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