U.S. stock-index futures were higher on Tuesday as investors awaited the start of earnings season, which will unofficially kick off later this week, when several big banks, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC), publish their results for the third quarter.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 20,823.51 +132.80 +0.64%

Hang Seng 28,490.83 +164.24 +0.58%

Shanghai 3,383.54 +9.16 +0.27%

S&P/ASX 5,738.11 -1.15 -0.02%

FTSE 7,533.42 +25.53 +0.34%

CAC 5,362.87 -2.96 -0.06%

DAX 12,957.42 -18.98 -0.15%

Crude $50.24 (+1.33%)

Gold $1,293.10 (+0.63%)