MW:U.S. stock futures hold gains after retail sales
By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock-index futures remained 0.5% higher on Tuesday after the government reported retail sales in February rose 1.1% to $407.8 billion, a five-month high. "Sales over the past two months were good as the labor market improves but also weather was great in many parts of the country," said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJH2 +0.46% rose 59 points to 13,025. Those for the S&P 500 SPM2 +0.53% gained 7.20 points to 1,374. Nasdaq 100 NDM2 +0.58% futures gained 13.50 points to 2,660.50.
