U.S. stock futures: Dow +0.2%. S&P +0.2%. Nasdaq +0.1% -3/5/14

Semblance of calm returns to world shares

• Global stocks are trading in more moderate ranges amid cooling tensions over Ukraine and ahead of a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation.
• Chinese and Hong Kong shares fell, weighed down by the likelihood of the first ever default in China's corporate-bond market.
• Japan +1.2%, Hong Kong -0.3%, China -0.9%, India +0.3%.
• Euro Stoxx 50 -0.3%, London -0.4%, Paris -0.3%, Frankfurt -0.3%, Milan +0.1%, Madrid flat.
• U.S. stock futures: Dow flat. S&P -0.05%. Nasdaq flat.

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