Dow futures gain ahead of public holiday

By Oliver Gray

Investing.com – U.S. stock futures were trading higher during Sunday’s evening deals ahead of the Memorial Day public holiday, after major benchmark averages capped a positive week amidst ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, while closely watched data came in higher than expected.

By 7:05pm ET (11:05pm GMT) were up 0.3%, lifted 0.4% and added 0.6%.

On the data front, investors this week will be monitoring , , , and PMIs, and data, as well as speeches from FOMC member , and the Fed’s .

During Friday’s regular session the gained 328.7 points or 1% to 33,093.4, the added 54.2 points or 1.3% to 4,205.4 and the gained 277.6 points or 2.2% to 12,975.7.

On the bond markets, rates were at 3.81%.