Futures dive on flu outbreak

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LONDON (CNNMoney.com) — U.S. stock futures sank Monday as investors worried about the economic impact of a global swine flu outbreak.

At 4:58 a.m. ET, Dow Jones industrial average, Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nadaq 100 futures were sharply lower.

Futures measure current index values against perceived future performance and offer an indication of how markets may open when trading begins in New York.

Swine flu outbreak: The World Health Organization has called the outbreak of swine flu a “public health emergency of international concern.”

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