Stock futures pointed to a mostly unchanged open Friday.
Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures each edged up a fraction of a point vs. fair value. Dow futures slipped 3 points.
There are no economic reports on tap Friday morning. Overseas markets were higher. London's FTSE 100 rallied 0.8%. Lloyd's Banking Group, which is partly owned by the British government, expects to report a profit this year. German's DAX and France's CAC 40 climbed 0.4% each. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.8%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2%.
Despite the lack of news, volume is expected to be heavy due to quadruple witching — the expiration of stock options, stock index options, stock index futures and single stock futures.
Google (GOOG) fell 2% in the pre-market on reports that it may announce plans for its Chinese unit Monday. According to the China News Daily, the Internet search giant will exit the Chinese search market April 10.
The dollar strengthened against the yen and the euro. While gold fell $5.10 to $1122.50 an ounce. Crude oil fell 52 cents to $81.68 a barrel.
