(Corrects the schedule of events under the economic calendar in the ninth paragraph.)
Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Tuesday after the three-day weekend, as traders weighed the waning earnings season and yields on key bonds.
Investors also look forward to the minutes of the latest Federal Reserve policy session, to be released on Wednesday, and the S&P Global February flash purchasing manager indices (PMIs) on Friday.
Retail behemoth Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on Thursday, pre-bell.
Yields on benchmark 10-year US Treasuries hewed near 4.50% in morning action, inching up from last week.
In the futures, the S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq inclined 0.4% and the Dow Jones was up 0.1%.
Asian exchanges traded unevenly higher overnight, while European bourses traded modestly better at midday.
Constellation Brands (STZ) rose 8.4% pre-bell after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A disclosed it has taken a stake…
