{"id":34414,"date":"2012-09-19T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/u-s-stocks-futures-gain-marginally-sentiment-lifted-by-monetary-easing-in-japan\/34409\/"},"modified":"2012-09-19T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T08:35:00","slug":"u-s-stocks-futures-gain-marginally-sentiment-lifted-by-monetary-easing-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/u-s-stocks-futures-gain-marginally-sentiment-lifted-by-monetary-easing-in-japan\/34414\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Stocks Futures Gain Marginally, Sentiment Lifted By Monetary Easing in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>U.S. stock futures gained a tad on Wednesday after Japan\u2019s central bank announced monetary easing to boost its stalled economy, improving the market sentiment and sparking some rally in Asian equities\u00a0 and crude oil futures even as Japan\u2019s benchmark index Nikkei hit a four months high.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-34414\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At last check, <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average\u00a0gained 26 points, or 0.2%, to 13,525; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/sp500\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> Index futures\u00a0edged up 2.6 points to 1,455.50, while Nasdaq-100 futures climbed 8 points to 2,858.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in Europe, investors\u2019 sentiment continues to remain cautious as uncertainty with regard to Spain\u2019s bailout still persists. Earlier this week, yields on Spain\u2019s sovereign bonds rose as Madrid seemed to be no urgency to ask for EU help. Until, Spain\u2019s officially ask for help, the ECB will not start buying short term bonds.<\/p>\n<p>Moving onto U.S. economic news front, a data on housing starts for August is due at 8:30 a.m. Eastern and existing home sales data for the same month is scheduled to be released at 10 a.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>On Earnings front, companies expected to report quarterly results include: AutoZone Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=AZO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: AZO<\/a>), General Mills Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=GIS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: GIS<\/a>), and Adobe Systems Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=ADBE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: ADBE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In some corporate news, Microsoft Corp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=MSFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: MSFT<\/a>) increased its quarterly dividends by 15 percent to 23 cents from 20 cents on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to report published in Reuters, three people familiar with the development said that Blackstone Group LP was all set to buy home security provider Vivint, in a deal estimated at $2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In some other markets, Nymex crude-oil futures\u00a0gained 42 cents to trade at $95.71 a barrel. <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/gold-price.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"gold price today\">Gold<\/a> futures\u00a0for December contract were almost flat $1,771.90.<\/p>\n<p>The dollar index\u00a0DXY\u00a0\u2013 a gauge on U.S. dollar\u2019s performance against a basket of six most traded currencies&#8211;fell 0.1% to 79.144.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday markets ended mixed with <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial average gaining 0.09% while S&amp;P 500 Index sliding 0.13%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"nr_clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"nrelate_popular_2\" class=\"nrelate nrelate_popular nrelate_default nr_1col nr_text\"><\/div>\n<p>\t<!--[if IE 6]>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery('.nrelate_default').removeClass('nrelate_default');<\/script>\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\t\tnRelate.domain = \"www2.thestockmarketwatch.com%2Fstock-market-news\";\n\t\tvar entity_decoded_nr_mp_url = jQuery('<span\/>').html(\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121014041146\/http:\/\/api.nrelate.com\/mpw_wp\/0.51.2\/?tag=nrelate_popular&domain=www2.thestockmarketwatch.com%2Fstock-market-news&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.thestockmarketwatch.com%2Fstock-market-news%2Fu-s-stocks-futures-gain-marginally-sentiment-lifted-by-monetary-easing-in-japan%2F34414&nr_div_number=2&maxageposts=7200&increment=1\").text();\n\t\tnRelate.getNrelatePosts(entity_decoded_nr_mp_url);\n\t\/* ]]&gt; *\/\n\t<\/script>\n\n\n<div class=\"nr_clear\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n\n\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\">\n<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_1\"><\/a>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_2\"><\/a>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_3\"><\/a>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a>\n<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = {\"data_track_addressbar\":true};<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=pennystocksfinder\"><\/script>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n\n\n\n\n<p>More Posts by this author<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/j-b-hunt-transport-shares-rally-on-q3-results-jbht\/35848\">\nJ.B. 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