Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:45:21 GMT
U.S. stocks strengthen
U.S. stock-index futures gained, predicting the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will recover from its weakest point for a month, since the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, said he'd only send forces to Ukraine in a worst scenario. Facebook Inc. added 2.2%, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. climbed 1.9%, SunEdison Inc. gained 4%. Futures on the S&P 500 expiring in