India, March 24 -- Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open higher on Monday.

The Durable Goods Orders, and New and Pending Home Sales and other economic announcements might get attention this week.

In the Asian trading session, oil and gold prices edged up slightly, while the dollar trended down.

As of 8.10 am ET, the Dow futures were gaining 371.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 63.00 points, and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 278.00 points.

The U.S. major averages finished up on Friday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ended the day up 92.43 points or 0.5 percent at 17,784.05 after tumbling by as much as 1.2 percent in early trading. The Dow inched up 32.03 points or 0.1 percent to 41,985.35 ...