News Headline Summary

Heading into the opening bell on Wall Street, US stock futures continue to hold onto decent gains following the late fiscal cliff agreement, however have recently given back some of the gains

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Update details:

- There is some vague chatter doing the rounds of a potential US downgrade, following the latest US developments - Unconfirmed.
- Some attention is being paid to the latest post by Zerohedge: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-02/next-comes-us-downgrade.

Print 14:13, 02 Jan 2013 - Market Analysis - Source: RANsquawk