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March 7 2007: 7:37 AM EST


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks were set for a slight pullback at Wednesday's open, indicating little follow through for the prior session's rally.

At 7:33 a.m. ET, Nasdaq and S&P futures were slightly lower after Tuesday's bounce back that added more than 1 percent to all the major U.S. indexes.

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Oil prices edged higher ahead of the 10:30 a.m. ET report on U.S. fuel inventories, although they well were off of earlier highs for the morning. U.S. light crude gained 13 cents to $60.82 a barrel in electronic trading.

Treasury prices were higher. The U.S. 10-year note yield eased to 4.52 percent from 4.53 percent late Tuesday. The dollar was lower against the euro and the yen in early trading.

There are no economic reports early Wednesday, but at 2 p.m. ET, the Federal Reserve will release its so-called Beige Book, which includes reports on the state of the economy in the nation's different regions.

Markets in Asia closed mostly higher, although Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost ground. Still the now closely watched Shanghai A-share Index gained nearly 2 percent. The Asian markets have been setting the tone for trading worldwide for much of the last week.

Stocks in Europe also were mixed in early trading.

Art Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co., said he wasn't surprised to see futures lower after Tuesday's rally, especially with the mixed results overseas.

"It was a pretty significant move to the upside yesterday," he said. "I think we're still trading on psychology and momentum and not fundamentals. I don't think we should be surprised that in the early trading that futures are pointing lower."

Hogan said concerns over this Friday's February employment report could also be weighing on the markets, given current concerns of a slowing U.S. economy.

"There's more risk to the downside for that number," said Hogan. "I think that Friday's jobs report will be the next time that we time that we re-couple with fundamentals.