* Stock index futures pointed to a lower open for Wall Street on Monday, extending recent losses. * At 0956 GMT, futures for the Dow Jones DJc1, S&P 500 SPc1 and Nasdaq NDc1 were between 1.4 and 1.5 percent lower. * Insurer AIG (AIG.N) set to take a $30 billion lifeline from the U.S. government in a package includes more lenient terms on an existing government investment in its preferred shares. AIG expected to post a fourth quarter loss of $60 billion on Monday, the biggest quarterly loss in history. * American Capital (ACAS.O), Edison International EIX and Pepco Holdings POM are among other companies reporting. * Personal consumption and manufacturing PMI are among macro data due. * HSBC (HSBA.L) launched a 12.5 billion pound ($17.7 billion) rights issue to shore up its balance sheet after annual profit more than halved and as bad debts soared in the United States. * The bank said it would close the majority of its HFC and Beneficial-branded U.S. branch network, resulting in the loss of 6,100 jobs and that, with the exception of credit cards, the U.S. divisions would write no further consumer finance business. * U.S. stocks fell and the S&P 500 hit a 12-year closing low on Friday, after the government said it will take a large stake in Citigroup's (C.N) common shares, fanning fears it will increase its role in other major banks.

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