U.S. stock futures rise ahead of Goldman, dataIMF may boost...

U.S. stock futures rise ahead of Goldman, data
IMF may boost lending fund by $1 trillion

By Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch

MADRID (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures pushed higher on Wednesday as the market awaited a slew of earnings from the financial sector, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and data such as producer prices.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJ2H +0.15% rose 21 points to 12,441. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index SP2H +0.25% climbed 2.9 points to 1,292 and those on the Nasdaq Composite ND2H +0.44% were up 7.75 points to 2,397.25.

Stocks have rallied 20% since October lows, based on intraday levels. But investor sentiment also has gained, and that's a bad sign for contrarian investors, Mark Hulbert reports.

A heavy schedule of earnings reports is awaiting investors.