U.S. stock-index futures advanced amid better-than-forecast earnings and data that showed that industrial production increased last month more than expected.
Global Stocks:
Nikkei 8,701.31 +123.38 +1.44%
Hang Seng 21,207.07 +58.82 +0.28%
Shanghai Composite 2,098.81 +0.11 +0.01%
FTSE 5,857.04 +51.43 +0.89%
CAC 3,464.61 +44.33 +1.30%
DAX 7,357.22 +95.97 +1.32%
Crude oil $92.10 +0,27%
Gold $1743.10 +0.32%