U.S. Stock Futures Rise 0.2% Ahead of Earnings, Jobs Data and Midterm Elections

According to CNBC, U.S. stock futures opened slightly higher Sunday evening, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures each up 0.2% just after 6 p.m. ET and Dow futures gaining 103 points, or 0.2%. The gains followed a losing week on Wall Street, when the S&P 500 and Dow each fell less than 1% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2%. Investors are awaiting earnings, October’s nonfarm payrolls report, scheduled for Friday and expected by economists polled by Dow Jones to show 55,000 jobs added, and midterm elections on Tuesday. Apple is scheduled to report Monday, with McDonald’s and Qualcomm due later in the week.