U.S. stock-index futures rose as the minutes of the Fed's May meeting signaled that the U.S. central bank's officials had good confidence in the economic outlook and expected to raise interest rates soon.

Stocks:

Nikkei 19,813.13 +70.15 +0.36%

Hang Seng 25,630.78 +202.28 +0.80%

Shanghai 3,107.87 +43.80 +1.43%

S&P/ASX 5,789.63 +20.65 +0.36%

FTSE 7,509.25 -5.65 -0.08%

CAC 5,344.53 +3.19 +0.06%

DAX 12,628.69 -14.18 -0.11%

Crude $50.75 (-1.19%)

Gold $1,256.60 (-0.28%)