Wall Street eyes jobs report, Fed speakers.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday morning as traders looked towards the release of the highly anticipated nonfarm payrolls report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET.

The jobs report is a key indicator on labor market conditions, which is part of the Federal Reserve's so-called "dual-mandate" in determining monetary policy.

Friday will also see several Fed policymakers speak. They include Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester, who is due on CNBC's "Squawk Box" soon after the jobs report is released and is also scheduled to give separate remarks about Fed communications at 12:45 p.m. ET.

Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer will speak at 10:30 a.m. ET on the economy and financial regulation, while Kansas City Fed President Esther George is due to talk about the U.S. economic outlook at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Elsewhere on the data front, wholesale trade is due at 10:00 a.m. ET, with consumer credit set to come out at 3:00 p.m. ET.

In Europe, the pan-European Stoxx-600 index (STOXX: .STOXX) was 0.32 percent lower on Friday morning. Sterling plunged to its lowest level in three decades overnight, dropping 6 percent in just two minutes. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shinbun: .N225) closed 0.23 percent lower.

In oil markets, Brent crude traded at around $52.76 a barrel on Friday morning, up 0.48 percent, while U.S. crude was around $50.69 a barrel, up 0.50 percent.


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Culled from Yahoo News.