(BLOOMBERG) London U.S. stock-index futures rose, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) will advance for a third day, as investors awaited reports on consumer confidence and initial jobless claims for signals of economic recovery.
Futures on the S&P 500 expiring in March gained 0.5 percent to 1,242.1 at 11:05 a.m. in London. The benchmark gauge has rebounded 13 percent since this year’s low on Oct. 3 following better-than-forecast U.S. economic data and steps that euro-area leaders took to tame the region’s debt crisis. Dow Jones Industrial Average Index futures expiring the same month added 53 points, or 0.4 percent, to 12,077 today.