U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Monday morning as investors prepared for the first trading week of the second half of 2017.
Dow futures rose 77 points, while S&P and Nasdaq futures climbed 8.25 points and 17.75 points, respectively.
Investors will only have three full trading days to digest a slew of economic data this week. The stock market closes at 1 p.m. on Monday and will not open Tuesday because of the Fourth of July holiday.
Monday will see the release of manufacturing PMI data for June at around 9:45 a.m. ET. ISM manufacturing for June and construction spending for May are scheduled 15 minutes later while light vehicle sales for June is also expected to be released throughout the day.
On the earnings front, Intl. Speedway is scheduled to report before the bell.
In Europe, the pan-European Stoxx-600 index was around 0.63 percent higher on Monday morning. In Asia, the Shanghai Composite in China closed 0.07 percent higher, while the Nikkei in Japan closed 0.11 percent higher.