Retail Sales, Inventories, Consumer Sentiment, Fed Speak

Ahead of what should be a busy day in the markets, equity futures are looking to build upon the broad-based surge on Thursday.</p

Ninety minutes before the opening bell, Dow futures up 15 points to 10,161 and S&P 500 futures are up 1.25 points to 1,085.00. Yesterday, the Dow jumped 2.76% and the S&P jumped leapt 2.95%. </p

The 2-year Treasury note yield is 1.6 basis points lower at 0.778% and the benchmark 10-year Treasury note is 2.6 basis points lower at 3.299%.</p

The NYMEX crude contract is off $0.31 to $75.17, and COMEX Gold is up $2.20 at $1,223.0.</p

The US dollar index is down nine basis points to 87.07, after the surge in US equities yesterday prompted global gains extending to foreign stocks and currencies.</p

The Day Ahead:</p

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