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Welcome to Friday. Stocks lose steam as investors brace for the so-called triple-witching later today, while the yen attracts more attention. Here’s what people are talking about.
Signs of fatigue are emerging in the world of equities. US stocks retreated Thursday after a rally to all-time highs spurred calls for a near-term pullback. The downbeat mood extended to Asian trading with Hong Kong leading losses. US and European equity futures are mostly steady. Later in the day, today’s options expiration stateside — the ‘triple-witching’ — may provide volatility-starved traders with some short-term market swings.