* Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average DJc1 , the S&P 500 SPc1 and the Nasdaq 100 NDc1 fell 0.8 to 1.2 percent, pointing to a sharply weaker start for equities on Wall Street on Friday. * Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers release at 1455 GMT preliminary November consumer sentiment index. Economists in a Reuters survey expect a reading of 69.0 compared with 67.7 in the final October report. * Companies announcing results on Friday include Agilent Technologies A.N , D.R. Horton DHI.N and JCPenney JCP.N . * G20 leaders drew a veil over their economic policy disputes on Friday, agreeing to tackle tensions that have raised the spectre of currency wars and giving the nod to countries that have seen huge capital inflows to impose controls. * At 1530 GMT, ECRI releases its weekly index of economic activity for Nov. 5. In the prior week the index read 123.2. * The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc's WMT.N Asia operations said...
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