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Before the bell: Stock futures climb after surprising results from Alcoa
Oct 08, 2009 12:40 PM UTC

Melly Alazraki

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Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Earnings reports, Dell (DELL), PepsiCo (PEP), Market matters, International Business Machines (IBM), Alcoa Inc (AA), Marriott Intl'A' (MAR), Economic data

U.S. stock futures climbed Thursday morning, helped by a surprise profit from aluminum giant Alcoa (NYSE: AA). Investors were encouraged by the news, hoping that it's a sign to come for the third quarter earnings season and that once again many companies will beat expectations when reporting earnings.

Despite hopes early Wednesday Wall Street was in for a third day of gains, stocks ended up mixed and basically flat. But since Alcoa's beat came after positive surprised from Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON), stock market futures are pointing to a positively higher open.

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