Dow futures steady, major earnings in focus

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Dow futures steady, major earnings in focus
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Investing.com - U.S. stock futures held within a tight range during Monday's overnight trading, following a positive session among major indices, with the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq each finishing at 15-month highs.

By 6:25 PM ET (10:25 PM GMT) Dow Jones Futures were steady while S&P 500 Futures and Nasdaq 100 Futures slipped 0.1% apiece.

Ahead in Tuesday's session, traders are bracing for corporate earnings from companies including Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC ), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS ), Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW ) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT ).

Among data, retail sales , industrial production , business inventories and the NAHB housing market index will be closely monitored by market participants.

During Monday's regular trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 76.3 points or 0.2% to 34,585.4, the S&P 500 lifted 17.4 points or 0.4% to 4,522.8 and the NASDAQ Composite lifted 131.3 points or 0.9% to 14,245.

On the bond markets, United States 10-Year rates were at 3.809%.

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