US Stock-Futures Rise; American Express, IBM Climb in Europe
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US stock-index futures rose before an Institute for Supply Management report that may show growth in the services industry accelerated last month.
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U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday, helped  by a surge in Dow component American Express Co. AXP.N, while  the outlook for tech stocks brightened after the closing bell  as Google Inc. GOOG.O blew away Wall Street expectations.
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Stock index futures extended gains on Tuesday after data showed a steeper-than-expected decline in U.S. August producer prices.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday, with support seen from solid earnings and a likely rise in tech shares after a management reshuffle at Dell Inc.  sent the computer maker's stock soaring.
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Stock index futures rose before the  start of Wall Street trading on Tuesday, with financial stocks  likely to be in focus after news of further write-downs on  risky assets at two big European banks.
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Stock index futures rose on Tuesday,  suggesting Wall Street will open higher, before quarterly  financial results from investment bank Goldman Sachs Group   later on Tuesday.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday, suggesting stocks could extend gains from the previous session, as retailers including Costco Wholesale Corp.  and Limited Brands Inc.  posted higher November sales.
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Stock futures rose on Friday after a government report showed the U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in November, easing worries about the economy's health.
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U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday after Oracle Corp. and Nike Inc. reported financial results that topped forecasts, but volatility was likely to be high.
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Stock index futures edged up before  the start of Wall Street trading on Wednesday with all eyes on  retail sales data for clues about the health of the U.S.  economy and the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday   on optimism the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates   unchanged and after strong profit reports from software maker   Oracle Corp. ORCL.O and investment bank Morgan Stanley   MS.N.
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Stock futures rose on Friday, suggesting a rebound from recent session losses, helped by a higher-than-expected profit forecast from IBM  and earnings from economic bellwether General Electric Co .
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Stock index futures pointed higher on Thursday after reassuring results and outlook from business software maker Oracle, though nervousness before investment bank Bear Stearns Co Inc's  results and key data on U.S. economic growth held the advance in check.
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Stock futures edged higher on Friday, helped by optimism about takeover activity and private equity deals.
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Stock index futures rose on Monday, suggesting the market will rebound from last week's losses, after financial results from IBM  lifted the technology sector.
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Stock futures rose early Tuesday,  pointing to a higher market open, lifted by  better-than-expected earnings and outlook from IBM and a  further decline in oil prices.
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Stock futures rose on Thursday, suggesting stocks may extend gains from the previous session, as retail stores including Costco Wholesale Corp.  and JoS. A. Bank Clothiers  reported strong November sales