U.S. stock futures were a touch firmer Tuesday amid cautious trading following a bad start to the week.How are stock-index futures trading
S&P 500 futures
ES00,
+0.08%
rose 8 points, or 0.2%, to 4011
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
YM00,
+0.03%
added 61 points, or 0.2%, to 34047
Nasdaq 100 futures
NQ00,
+0.16%
climbed 23 points, or 0.2%, to 11829
On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.40%
fell 483 points, or 1.4%, to 33947, the S&P 500
SPX,
-1.79%
declined 73 points, or 1.79%, to 3999, and the Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
-1.93%
dropped 222 points, or 1.93%, to 11240.
What’s driving markets Wall Street was struggling to rebound from a rotten start to the week, after stronger-than-expected economic data in recent days raised fears about further rate rises by the Federal Reserve. S&P 500 futures were barely changed on Tuesday, having suffered on Monday their worst session in a month following a robust survey of business condition in the U.S. service sector. This followed Friday’s news that the jobs market was showing few signs that the Fed’s attempts to cool the economy by sharply raising borrowing costs were yet to have a dramatic impact. “Markets are getting off to a shaky start this week, with solid U.S. economic dat …