India, Oct. 21 -- Monday's economic calendar is relative light and investors might be looking ahead to geopolitical situations. Corporate majors McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, UPS, Caterpillar, eBay, Ford, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter, Amazon , and Intel are reporting in the coming days.

Asian shares finished higher, while European shares are trading positive.

Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might be opening higher.

As of 8.00 am ET, the Dow futures were up 49.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 9.25 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 29.75 points.

The U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday. Dow lost 255.68 points or 1 percent at 26,770.20. The Nasdaq climbed off its worst levels but still...