U.S. stock index futures inched up late Sunday as the Dow and S&P 500 look to notch a fourth straight week of gains as earnings season kicks into gear. As of 7 p.m. Eastern, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.12% were up about 30 points, or 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.10% and Nasdaq-100 futures NQ00, +0.15% were up about the same percentage.
Stocks closed with modest gains Friday, as the Dow and S&P 500 ended with weekly gains for a third consecutive week. The Dow [sa: djia] finished the week 2.3% higher, the S&P 500 SPX, +0.28% booked a gain of 1.3%, while the Nasdaq COMP, +0.28% lost 1.1%. A number of prominent companies are set to release quarterly earnings this week, including Tesla TSLA, +0.01%, Microsoft MSFT, -0.51%, Intel INTC, +1.45% and United Airlines UAL, -1.65%.
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