Wall Street futures were up, European stocks slipped, and the U.S. dollar held near monthly lows on Friday ahead of the much-anticipated release of the key non-farm payrolls report later in the day that could spur the Federal Reserve to an earlier tapering of stimulus. By 5:16 a.m. ET, Dow futures contracts were up 0.04 percent, S&P 500 futures were up 0.19 percent, and Nasdaq futures were up 0.01 percent, suggesting Wall Street could be poised for gains on the opening bell. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.05 percent and the blue-chip STOXX 50 was down 0.06 percent by 5:20 am ET on Friday but on track for small weekly gains. The DXY dollar index, which tracks the strength of the greenback against a basket of major currencies, was up 0.02 percent at 92.233 by 5:24 ET after earlier touching 92.151 for the first time since early August. “The …