Stock index futures signal gains; GE eyed
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.24 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.37 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.23 percent at 0927 GMT.
Euro zone leaders agreed on a second rescue package for debt-stricken Greece that risks triggering a temporary default and will give their financial rescue fund broader powers to try to prevent market instability spreading through the region. The news fueled a rally in European stocks on Friday, up 0.8 percent in morning trade, led by recovering banking stocks.
Sales of Microsoft Corp's
Sales of Microsoft Corp's
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
Biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
Activist investor Carl Icahn urged Motorola
The U.S. Justice Department is looking into allegations that News Corp's
Apple Inc
Toyota Motor's <7203.T> global output is likely to rise to about 7.7 million units for the financial year to next March, up 4 percent from the automaker's earlier forecast, helped by a recovery in its parts supply chain, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
Investors awaited results from companies such as Caterpillar
U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday as signs of progress on the U.S. debt talks and concrete action from Europe on its own debt crisis heartened investors.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> gained 152.50 points, or 1.21 percent, to 12,724.41. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> rose 17.96 points, or 1.35 percent, to 1,343.80. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> advanced 20.20 points, or 0.72 percent, to 2,834.43.
(Reporting by Blaise Robinson)
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