Economic Reports Due out (Times are EST): Consumer Price Index (8:30am), Housing Starts (8:30am), Jobless Claims (8:30am), Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (9:45am), Philadelphia Fed Survey (10am), EIA Natural Gas Report (10:30am), EIA Petroleum Status Report (11am)
Premarket Update (Updated 9am eastern):
- U.S. Futures are up moderately heading into the open.
- Asian markets averaged 1.1% in gains.
- Europe is up about 1% in early trading.
Technical Outlook (S&P):
