Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:06:06 GMT
U.S. stock-index futures rise slightly ahead of Fed policy meeting
U.S. stock-index futures rose slightly, after Monday's advance for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, as investors speculated on inflation data before Fed's policy meeting. S&P 500 futures expiring in March added less than 0.1% to 1,780.8 as of 9:09 a.m. New York time, while Dow Jones Industrial Average contracts gained 0.2% to 15,853.