A young boy works at a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeBy Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures had been little changed on Monday in the wake of eight straight weeks of good points after mixed data on China and the euro zone and ahead of U.S. financial reports which may provide some clues on the strength of the recovery. Remaining information for China's HSBC/Markit Buying Managers' Index showed manufacturing unit process maintained steady increase momentum in November, boosted by resilient new orders, although the percent of growth eased slightly from October.