US Futures Higher After Nikkei Rebounds
June 27, 2013 at 04:50 AM EDT
U.S. stock index futures signaled a higher open on Thursday, after markets in Shanghai and Tokyo snapped a three day-losing streak on signs of improvement in China's strained money markets, and as fears of a U.S. stimulus withdrawal eased. Japan's Nikkei rallied 3 percent, but the Shanghai Composite pared gains in the last hour to trade flat.