Stock futures are higher as investors prepare to receive weekly jobless claims data, existing home sales, and the weekly natural gas inventory report. Also of interest will be a Paul Ryan interview this afternoon on CNBC and the start of the annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming conference.
In early pre-market trading, Dow futures are 51 points above fair value, Nasdaq futures are 10 points above fair value and S&P futures are 3 points above fair value.
