Thu, 09 Jan 2014 14:18:07 GMT
U.S. index futures advance on major companies climb
U.S. stock-index futures advanced as investors awaited Alcoa Inc.'s financial data to mark the unofficial beginning of year's last quarter earnings season. Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures expiring in March gained 0.3% to 1,837.4 as of 7:34 a.m. New York time, while Dow Jones Industrial Average contracts rose 0.3% to 16,459 today.