Stock futures edged higher in morning trading Tuesday following a broad-based rally on news that U.S. regulators granted full approval for Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials gained 48 points, or 0.1%, to 35,329.
Futures for the S&P 500 eked up 5.5 points, or 0.1%, to 4,481.
Futures for the NASDAQ Composite Index grabbed 28.5 points, or 0.2%, to 15,333.
The second-quarter earnings season is winding down with more than 90% S&P 500 companies having reported results. S&P 500 is poised to grow its earnings by 94.7% year over year.
Best Buy reported strong quarterly earnings before the bell Tuesday. Nordstrom is set to report after the close.
There is little in the way of economic data before the bell, but investors will get a look at residential home sales at 10 am ET as well as the Richmond Fed's business activity survey.
Overseas, in Japan, the Nikkei 225 index gained 0.9%, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index hiked 2.5%.
Oil prices tacked on 92 cents to $66.56 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices slid 60 cents to $1,805.70 U.S. a pound.