Reply #13: U.S. stock futures leap after Citigroup sale report [View All]

[ozymandius]

LONDON (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures surged on Friday after a report Citigroup may put itself on the block and following upbeat results out of Dell and Salesforce.com

S&P 500 futures leaped 31.7 points to 780.00 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 39.25 points to 1,079.70. Dow industrial futures leapt 293 points.

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Citi's shares jumped 21% in pre-open trade on Friday, however, as The Wall Street Journal reported the bank is holding a board meeting to discuss whether to sell all or part of itself.

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There aren't any major economic releases scheduled, though there will be a number of Federal Reserve speeches during the day.

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