Stocks futures rose Tuesday as investors braced for the final trading day of February.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials took on 94 points, or 0.3%, early Tuesday to 33,003.
Futures for the S&P 500 gained 13.75 points to 4,001.75.
Futures for the NASDAQ Composite climbed 52.75 points, or 0.4%, to 12,136.
Zoom Video popped 6.4% on strong earnings, while Target rose 1.3% after the retailer posted its latest quarterly figures.
Tuesday marks the last day of February. Despite a solid start to the year, the major indexes are on pace for their second negative month in three. As of Monday's close, the Dow is down 3.5% for the month and the only major index negative for the year. Both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ are positive in 2023, but the S&P is down 2.3% and the NASDAQ off 1% in February.
On the economic front, investors also await consumer confidence data, wholesale inventories, Chicago PMI and the S&P Case-Shiller home prices index.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index inched up 0.1%, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng retreated 0.8%.
Oil prices grabbed $1.50 to $77.18 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices sagged $8.90 to $1,816.00 U.S. an ounce.
Futures Up as February Comes to Close