US Stock Futures Rise Ahead Of Consumer Sentiment Report

US stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index for June will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 38 points to 17,850.0, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 4.15 points to 2,098.15. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index surged 4.35 points to 4,513.60.

European markets were mostly lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index gaining 0.55 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.17 percent and German DAX 30 index rising 0.01 percent. French CAC 40 Index gained 0.23 percent and London's FTSE 100 Index fell 0.59 percent. In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.31 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index slipped 1.78 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index dipped 7.40 percent and India's BSE Sensex slipped 0.30 percent.

Analysts at BMO Capital downgraded

from Outperform to Market Perform. Target shares rose 0.18 percent to close at $84.50 yesterday.