U.S. stock futures advanced as concern over Europe’s debt crisis eased after the region’s officials took steps to protect Spanish banks.
Futures rose as European governments will jump-start as much as 100 billion euros ($123 billion) in emergency loans to shore up Spain’s banks and may move the costs off the Spanish government’s balance sheet. Finance chiefs agreed to make available 30 billion euros by the end of this month.

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