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Stock futures point lower


    (Reuters) - Stock index futures point to a lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with the down S&P 500, the Dow and Nasdaq at 0.7 to 0.8 percent at 5:03 a.m. EDT.

    * European shares are lower after hitting a nine-month high on Monday, with the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares down 0.9 percent at 933.06 points at 5:03 a.m. EDT.

    * Kraft Foods to report second-quarter numbers with analysts expecting the group to earn 54 cents a shares compared with 58 cents a share the previous year.

    * Industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric is reporting third-quarter numbers, with analysts expecting the company to earn 58 cents a share compared to 82 cents a share the previous year.

    * Video game publisher Electronic Arts is reporting first-quarter numbers, with analysts expecting the company to report a loss of 13 cents a share compared to 42 cents a share previously.

    * Second-quarter numbers are expected from IntercontinentalExchange with analysts expecting the company to report earnings per share of $1.12 compared to $1.19 the previous year.

    * Simon Property Group in its second-quarter earnings is expected to report earnings per share of 33 cents compared to 41 cents the previous year.

    * D.R. Horton is reporting third-quarter earnings with analysts expecting a loss of 22 cents a share compared to $1.26 the previous year.

    * Whole Foods Market reports third-quarter numbers with analysts expecting earnings per share at 19 cents compared to 24 cents a year earlier.

    * Investors will also eye June U.S. personal income and consumption data, a preferred inflationary measure for the Federal Reserve, to be released at 8:30 a.m. EDT, as well as June U.S. pending home sales, due at 1400 GMT.

    * General Motors Co expects to lay off thousands of factory workers after the number who voluntarily quit through a recent buyout and early retirement program fell short of the carmaker's target, according to the New York Times.

    * Shares of Chesapeake Energy gained 1.8 percent to $22.76 after the closing bell on Monday following the release of second-quarter results.

    * Shares of Wright Medical Group fell 4.4 percent to $13.00 after the closing bell on Monday after it released second-quarter results.

    * U.S. stocks rose on Monday, pushing the S&P 500 index above 1,000 for the first time in nine months, as data on the manufacturing sector underscored optimism that the economy was recovering.

    The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 1.3 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 1.5 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index also advanced 1.5 percent.

    (Reporting by Joanne Frearson; Editing by David Holmes)