-Dow Industrial futures up 89 points.

-S&P 500 futures up 9 points.

-Nasdaq 100 futures up 15 points.

-Nasdaq-100 Pre-Market Indicator up 12.48 at 1743.24.

GLOBAL SENTIMENT

Nikkei up 0.2%

Hang Seng up 1.7%

FTSE-100 up 1.7%

PRE-MARKET SECTOR WATCH

(+) Large cap tech: firmer

(+) Chip stocks: firmer

(+,-) Drug stocks: mixed

(+) Software stocks: mostly firmer

(+) Internet stocks: mixed

(+) Financial stocks: firmer

(+,-) Auto stocks: mixed

(-,+) Airline stocks: mixed

(+) Retail stocks: mixed

UPSIDE MOVERS

(+) GE (+2.6%) report says co. agrees to $30 bln value on Comcast JV.

(+) EWBC (+53.7%) buying banking operations of United Commercial Bank.

(+) FUQI (+9.7%) results top year-ago period.

(+) ARIA (+13%) upgraded to Overweight at JP Morgan.

(+) CGEN (+18.1%) reports discovery of genetic biomarker related to diabetes.

(+) NOC (+4%) sells TASC for $1.65 bln.

(+) CMED (flat) gets SFDA approval for leukemia fusion gene detection FISH probe.

(+) CBY (+1%), KFT (+0.5%) Cadbury rejects new Kraft offer.

(+) ANF (+5.1%) gets upgrade.

(+) ADBE (+4.2%) gets upgrade.

DOWNSIDE MOVERS

(-) RSH (-0.2%) gives up early gain; gets upgrade.

(-) DISH (+6.3%) results decline vs year-ago quarter.

(-) TEC (-74%) files for Ch. 11.

(-) RPRX (-25%) reports wider loss, gets going concern notice.

MARKET DIRECTION

Stock futures continue to point to a solidly higher open as the broader market looks to extend last week's advance and overnight gains abroad. Financial and commodity-linked shares are early gainers, helping to set the tone for the broader market.

Crude futures are up $0.80 at $78.23 a barrel, moving on a weaker dollar and on concerns that a weakened Hurricane Ida could still impact production in the northern Gulf Coast. Oil is off its earlier highs.

Gold is up $14.90 at $1,109.30 an ounce. Another push lower for the dollar allowed gold to carve out new highs. Weekend G-20 meetings offered little commmentary on currency levels.