India, Aug. 5 -- Investors might be reacting to reports on the U.S. trade deficit and service sector activity as well as the latest earnings news on Tuesday. Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open slightly up.
In the Asian trading session, the dollar remained weak near a one-week low, while gold was little changed. Oil extended losses on concerns of oversupply.
As of 8.15 am ET, the Dow futures were 43.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 11.00 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 65.75. points.
The U.S. major averages closed higher on Monday. The Nasdaq surged 403.45 points or 2.0 percent to 21,053.58, the S&P 500 shot up 91.93 points or 1.5 percent to 6,329.94 and the Dow jumped ...