U.S stock market open dow jones futures rose january 23 2012

U.S stock market open dow jones futures rose january 23 2012 : U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, with investors again hopeful of a deal between Greece and its creditors after talks hit a snag over the weekend; while in the earnings lineup, oil-services major Halliburton Co. reported higher profit and revenue.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 30 points to 12,684. Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 index were up 1.5 points to 1,312.40 and those on the Nasdaq Composite rose 4.25 points to 2,439.

Wall Street notched a third straight week of gains on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rising 96.5 points, or 0.8%, to finish at 12,720.48, a 2.4% gain on a weekly basis.

With no economic data out of the U.S. and a light corporate- earnings schedule, Europe's sovereign-debt crisis was expected to come back into focus for investors on Monday.

According to media reports, he said it's now in the hands of the European Union and International Monetary Fund to decide whether the deal should be accepted. Wall Street is likely to trade sideways; any news in any direction from Greece negotiations or the European finance-ministers meeting will move the direction, For the latest updates on the stock market, visit Stock Market Today For the latest updates PRESS CTR + D or visit Stock Market news Today

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