LONDON -- U.S. stock futures were diverging in early market action Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was trading up around 0.1% at 13,355, Standard & Poor's 500 index futures were off 0.1% at 1,456 and Nasdaq-100 futures were trading down 0.01% at 2,712.

Last week, the S&P 500 stock index closed out the trading week at 1,466.47, its highest finish since December 2007. The Dow and the Nasdaq also saw gains, albeit more modest ones, as markets stepped higher in the wake of a last-minute deal in Washington to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.

For the week, the S&P gained 4.6%, the Dow rose 3.8% and the Nasdaq composite advanced 4.6%.

Stocks slipped in European trading on Monday and benchmarks in Asia also were on their way down following a strong start to the 2013 trading year.

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