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* Dow down 0.39%, S&P 500 down 0.24%, Nasdaq down 0.11% (Adds comment; updates market prices; adds New York dateline; changes byline)

Most Latin American currencies fell on Friday after the dollar ended a three-day losing streak, with Brazil's real leading weekly losses among regional peers as worries grew about the state of the country's public finances and fiscal reforms. The real led dec

U.S. curbs on investors owning securities from a number of Chinese companies could affect as much as $60 billion worth of bonds and spark hefty outflows through forced selling, JPMorgan wrote in a note to clients.

The Biden administration plans to discuss the need for economic stimulus with a group of senators on Sunday, White House national economic council director Brian Deese said on Friday, as it seeks to build support for what it sees as a critical round of new coronavirus relief.

* Pandemic could be shrinking up to 4% a day - government (Adds more details, quotes)

A bevy of major U.S. earnings reports next week led by Apple, Microsoft and Facebook could help technology and growth stocks reassert their dominance after a recent run by banks, energy and other potential beneficiaries of an economic reopening.

* Indexes down: Dow 0.36%, S&P 0.20%, Nasdaq 0.14% (Adds comment; updates market prices)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would express his concern about job losses caused by Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline when he speaks to the new U.S. president later on Friday, but added that the U.S. and Canada were now "much more aligned" on other matters. "I will express my concern for jobs and livelihoods in Canada, particularly in the west, directly in my conversation with President Biden," Trudeau told reporters. He went on t

* Euro zone business activity shrinks in Jan (Updates to market close)