US stocks set for a strong open, as earnings, politics take the limelight By: CNBC.com News April 16, 2018 at 05:17 AM EDT U.S. stock index futures jumped ahead of Monday’s open, ahead of a new batch of corporate earnings. Read More >> Related Stocks: Dow Industrials SPDR PowerShares QQQ S&P 500 Ishares Core ETF SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust