Wall Street Heads for Upbeat Open as Investors Cheer US Inflation Data

WALL STREET - LONDON. U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, pointing to an upbeat start on Wall Street following a U.S. inflation reading last week that offered some hope for further policy easing next year, along with relief that Washington had averted a government shutdown.

After a recent central bank decisions bonanza, this week only has the minutes of a few of those meetings, while there are no Federal Reserve speeches and U.S. data is secondary.