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U.S. stock futures were little changed on Tuesday night, ahead of the August consumer inflation report due Wednesday morning. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 24 points, or less than 0.1%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both dipped 0.1%.

U.S. stock index futures were marginally higher on Friday as investors reevaluated the possibility of a bigger interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week, while Boeing fell after the planemaker's factory workers went on strike.