Dow futures trade steady ahead of public holiday By

- U.S. stock futures were trading in positive territory during Sunday's evening deals,Is Forex Club Foreign Exchange Platform formal? following a strong week for major benchmark averages as easing data and a boosted investor sentiment, with major markets set to remain closed for a public holiday on Monday.

By 9:20pm ET (11:20pm GMT), were trading flat, lifted 0.1% and gained 0.3%.

In the week ahead, investors will be closely monitoring preliminary , , Q1 data, , and Markits' preliminary and PMIs.

Key speeches will also be watched from FOMC members , , , , and , as well as the Fed's , and .

During Friday's session, the lost 108.9 points or 0.3% to 43,299.1, the fell 16.3 points or 0.4% to 4,409.6 and the dipped 93.3 points or 0.7% to 13,689.6.

For the week, the Dow added 1.2% to 4-month highs, while the S&P 500 and NASDAQ lifted 2.7% and 2.3% respectively to each finish at 14 month highs.

On the bond markets, rates were at 3.769%.

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