The micro-blogging service is due to start trading Thursday under the TWTR symbol. The company priced its shares at $26 each on Wednesday, which means it will raise around $2.1 billion from the IPO amid strong demand.
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Ahead of that, Dow Jones industrial average index futures, Standard & Poor's 500 index futures and Nasdaq index futures were all down by around 0.1%.
On Wednesday, the Dow climbed 0.8% 15,746.88, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 1,770.49 and the Nasdaq ended down 0.2% to 3,931.95.
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In macroeconomic news, market expectations are growing that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England will not cut interest rates at policy meetings Thursday to shore up a recovery from recession.
In the commodities space, benchmark crude oil prices for December delivery were down 3 cents at $94.77 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.43 to close at $94.80 a barrel on Wednesday.
Asian stock markets were mostly weaker Thursday, with a cautious mood prevailing ahead of key U.S. data that will provide further clues on when the Federal Reserve will cut monetary stimulus. The Nikkei 225 index fell 0.8% in Japan.
The major European benchmarks were trading mostly flat. Germany's DAX 30 index was down 0.1% and the FTSE 100 index fell by a similar amount in the United Kingdom.
Contributing: Associated Press
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