Market Extra: U.S. stocks set for wild swings as trillions in options contracts set to expire Friday

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U.S. stocks could see increasingly wild swings in the coming days as option contracts tied to trillions of dollars in securities are set to expire on Friday, removing a buffer that some say has helped to keep the S&P 500 index from breaking out of a tight trading range.