US Stock Futures Up; Economic Data In Focus

US stock futures are higher this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 41 points to 13,010.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 5 points to 1,372.30. Nasdaq 100 futures surged 9.25 points to 2,617.25. US stocks closed mostly higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 0.01% to 12,981.51, the S&P 500 index gaining 0.14% to 1,367.59 and the Nasdaq 100 index rising 0.08% to 2,966.16. The Commerce Department is scheduled to report January durable-goods orders at 8:30 a.m. The Case-Shiller home price index for December will be released at 9 a.m. ET. The Conference Board's consumer-confidence index for February will be released at 10 a.m. ET. The Richmond Federal Reserve Bank is scheduled to release its monthly index of regional activity. FirstEnergy Corp

is expected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.76 per share on revenue of $5.7 billion. AutoZone Inc

is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $4.04 per share on revenue of $1.78 billion. Sempra Energy

is expected to post its Q4 earnings at $1.06 per share on revenue of $2.58 billion. Office Depot Inc

is estimated to post its Q4 EPS at $0.00 on revenue of $3.01 billion. Tenet Healthcare Corp

is estimated to report its Q4 earnings at $0.14 per share on revenue of $2.42 billion. Cablevision Systems

is estimated to report its Q4 earnings at $0.24 per share on revenue of $1.68 billion. Dominos Pizza Inc

is estimated to post its Q4 earnings at $0.49 per share on sales of $514 million. El Paso Corp

is projected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.27 per share on revenue of $1.33 billion. Fresh DelMonte Produce Inc

is estimated to report its Q4 earnings at $0.15 per share on revenue of $837.3 million. Sanderson Farms Inc

is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.26 per share on revenue of $508.9 million. Priceline.com Inc

reported its FQ4 earnings, excluding one-time charges, at $5.37 per share, on revenue of $991 million. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $5.06 per share on revenue of $969.3 million. Sina Corp

projects Q1 adjusted revenue between $101 million and $104 million, versus analysts' estimates of $114 million. European markets were higher today. The STOXX Europe 600 Index gained 0.16%, London's FTSE 100 Index moved up 0.15%, French CAC 40 index rose 0.27% and German DAX 30 index climbed 0.41%. Asian markets ended mostly higher, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average gaining 0.92%, China's Shanghai Composite rising 0.20% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 moving down 0.08%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 1.65% and India's Sensex surged 1.64%. Nymex crude-oil futures dropped $0.16 to $108.40 a barrel in electronic trade on Tuesday.