MW:U.S. stock futures pare gains as ECB holds rates
By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures lightly scaled back on robust Wednesday gains after the European Central Bank held its key interest rate steady at 1%. After a triple-digit rise, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJM2 +0.82% were lately up 97 points, or 0.8%, at 12,223.0. Futures for the S&P 500 SPM2 +0.93% rose 12.70 points, or 1%, to 1,297.80. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 NDM2 +1.01% climbed 25.50 points, or 1%, to 2,514.25.