U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday ahead of data on industrial production, home prices and consumer confidence and as the Federal Reserve prepared to begin a two-day meeting on monetary policy.
Ahead of the opening bell, futures for the Dow Jones Industrials gathered 68 points, or 0.4%, to 16,824. Futures for the S&P 500 picked up 8.75 points, or 0.5%, to 1,965.75, and futures for the NASDAQ advanced 21.25 points, or 0.5%, to 4,059.50.
Twitter shares fell 13.1% in pre-market trading a day after it posted a slide in a closely watched measure of engagement even as its user base grew in the third quarter.
Receptos Inc shares jumped 33% pre-market after the company said its experimental ulcerative colitis drug met the main goal in a mid-stage trial.
U.S.-traded shares of Sanofi dropped 8% pre-market after the French drug maker said sales growth at its leading business of diabetes treatments would stall next year.
A busy economic schedule includes September data on durable goods, S&P/Case-Shiller home prices for August and a gauge of consumer confidence for October.
The U.S. Federal Reserve begins later on Tuesday a two-day meeting, after which it is expected to reinforce expectations it will wait a long while before rising interest rates. The U.S. central bank is all but certain to announce the end of its massive bond-buying stimulus.
Oil prices gained 46 cents to $81.46 U.S. a barrel
Gold prices ducked back $2.20 to $1,237.10 U.S. an ounce.