MW:U.S. stock futures up after ADP, ahead of Draghi
By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock-index futures held 0.5% gains Thursday after the ADP employment report found private-sector payrolls rose 201,000 in August. Wall Street is waiting for European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to detail his proposal for curbing the region's debt crisis, with expectations running high. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJU2 +0.46% climbed 72 points to 13,122. The S&P 500 index SPU2 +0.56% futures advanced 8.2 points to 1,411.7. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 NDU2 +0.48% gained 14.25 points to 2,781.71. Weekly U.S. jobless claims are also still ahead.
