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U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as volume returned tomarkets after the New Year holiday, with energy shares slidingagain as crude prices fell to fresh 5-1/2 year lows. Dow Jonesindustrial average futures were down 0.37 percent at17,658, S&P 500 futures were down 0.42 percent at2,037.75 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.34 percent at4,199.75.

** ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, Friday close$66.98, -3.54 pct premarket

** TOTAL SA, Friday close $51.16, -3.93 pctpremarket

** BP PLC, Friday close $38.12, -4.38 pct premarket

** STATOIL ASA, Friday close $17.42, -4.13 pctpremarket

** VALE SA, Friday close $7.94, -4.03 pct premarket

** BHP BILLITON LTD, Friday close $47.54, -2.08 pctpremarket

** EXXON MOBIL CORP, Friday close $92.83, -1.37 pctpremarket

** CHEVRON CORP, Friday close $112.58, -1.68 pctpremarket

** PETROBRAS SA, Friday close $6.76, -6.51 pctpremarket

U.S.-listed stocks of the world's biggest oil and gasproducers were down premarket after oil prices dropped to freshfive-and-a-half-year lows. Oil prices have been dipping onconcerns over a surplus of global supplies and lacklusterdemand, losing more than half their value since a peak in Junelast year.

** CEMPRA INC, Friday close $22.89, +14.24 pctpremarket

The antibiotic drug developer moved a step closer toapproval of its lead antibiotic, solithromycin, after an oralversion of the potential blockbuster met the main goal in alate-stage trial.

** BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC, Friday close$7.5, -13.47 pct premarket

The Israeli stem cell therapy developer's stock rose 93percent in past two trading days as data on mid-stage study ofthe company's stem cell therapy in patients with amytrophiclateral sclerosis is expected on Monday.

** NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SA, Friday close$1.84, -8.70 pct premarket

Political uncertainty in Greece may force the EuropeanCentral Bank to start quantitative easing as debate around thepossibility of elections later this month resulting in thecountry leaving the euro zone picked up again.

Euro fell to $1.18605 in early Asian trading onMonday, its weakest level since March 2006.

** BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS LP, Friday close$7.63, +4.98 pct premarket

The oil and gas company said on Friday it expected 2015production of 19.5-20.7 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe),up from an estimated 14.1 million boe for 2014. Breitburnforecast oil and gas capital expenses to fall to $200 million in2015 from an estimated $375 million in 2014.

** NOVARTIS AG, Friday close $92.25, +1.36 pctpremarket

** AMGEN INC, Friday close $159.89, -1.76 pctpremarket

Staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are expectedto review Novartis' application to market a copycatversion of Amgen's biotech medicine Neupogen in patients withlow white blood cell counts.

** MICROSOFT CORP, Friday close $46.76, -0.66 pctpremarket

** YAHOO INC, Friday close $50.17, -0.54 pctpremarket

Yahoo and Microsoft search engines temporarily went dark onFriday after Microsoft pushed out a bad code update and thenstruggled to roll it back, a person briefed on the outages toldReuters.

** NVIDIA CORP, Friday close $20.13, -0.65 pctpremarket

The chipmaker on Sunday unveiled a new processor aimed atpowering high-end graphics on car dashboards as well assophisticated auto-pilot systems.

** CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC, Friday close $34.91, +1.06pct premarket

The movie theater chain's shares could rise more than 25percent over the next year, Barron's reported in its Jan. 5edition.

** APPLE INC, Friday close $109.33, -0.56 pctpremarket

Apple's forthcoming smartwatch poses a conundrum foradvertisers: How to tap the enticing possibilities of the tinygadget without overwhelming consumers with messages. At thisweek's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, mobile-marketingfirm TapSense plans to release an Apple Watch ad-buying service.

** AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC, Friday close$53.91, +1.08 pct premarket

The union representing carrier's pilots approved the finalcontract offer late Saturday, paving the way for a retroactive23 percent wage hike if its members concur in a vote this month.

** DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG INC, Friday close $22.65

The Hollywood movie studio said it has appointed newco-presidents of feature animation, while its chief creativeofficer is stepping down.

** GFI GROUP INC, Friday close $5.44

More than 100 employees have asked the U.S. interdealerbroker to alter their contracts to allow them to leave if ahostile takeover bid by a rival firm succeeds, according to areport on Sunday by the Financial Times.

** DISH NETWORK CORP, Friday close $72.27

A unit of the company will pay $2 million and changenational marketing practices to show it can raise prices at anytime during the life of a contract, as a condition for ending aColorado investigation, the state's attorney general's officesaid on Friday.

** NTT DOCOMO INC, Friday close $14.65

The company said it has asked a London court toensure Tata Sons Ltd finds a buyer willing to pay atleast $1.1 billion for the Japanese carrier's stake in astruggling Indian joint venture. (Compiled by Lehar Maan; Editing by Joyjeet Das)