US Stock Futures Up As Investors Await Nonfarm Payrolls Figures; JDSU Surges In Pre-Market Trading

US stock futures are slightly higher this morning, as investors are awaiting January's key nonfarm payrolls figures. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 10 points to 12,019.00 and S&P 500 futures rose 0.40 point at 1,303.70. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.75 point to 2,322.50. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 20.29 points or 0.2% to close at 12,062.26 yesterday. January's key nonfarm payrolls figures and the unemployment rate will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Shares of Power One Inc

dipped about 19.1% in pre-market trading after the company issued weaker-than-expected revenue projections. Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp

dropped about 6% in pre-market trading after the company reported weaker-than-expected Q4 revenue. The company's earnings came in at $270 million, or $0.34 per share, compared with a loss of $114 million, or $0.17 per share, in the year-ago period. On an adjusted basis, LVS' earnings came in at $0.42 per share. The company's revenue surged 56.9% y/y to $2.02 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.38 per share on revenue of $2.05 billion. Shares of JDS Uniphase Corporation

jumped about 18.3% in pre-market trading after the company swung to a profit in its fiscal second quarter. JDSU reported its FQ2 net income at $23.6 million, or $0.10 per share, versus a loss of $19.5 million, or $0.09 per share, in the year-ago period. The company's revenue increased to $473.5 million from $342.9 million. JDSU's adjusted income came in at $0.29 per share. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.19 per share on revenue of $438.4 million. For the current quarter, JDSU projected its revenue in the range of $400 million to $460 million, compared with analysts' estimates of $422.25 million. Wall Street expects Tyson Foods

to report its Q1 EPS at $0.62 on revenue of $7.18 billion. Weyerhaeuser

reported its Q4 adjusted EPS at $0.10, beating the consensus of $0.06. WY reported its Q4 revenue at $1.66 billion, versus the consensus of $1.54 billion. Aetna Inc

reported its Q4 adjusted EPS at $0.63, versus the consensus of $0.62. AET reported its Q4 revenue at $8.54 billion, versus the consensus of $8.40 billion. Constellation Energy

reported its Q4 adjusted EPS at $0.42, up from $0.30, in the year-ago period. CEG reported its Q4 revenue at $3.47 billion, compared with $3.40 billion, in the year-ago quarter. However, analysts were expecting earnings at $0.59 per share on revenue of $6.35 billion. Positive sentiment ruled the European markets today. While STOXX Europe 600 Index has gained 0.37%, London's FTSE 100 Index moved up 0.36%. Asian markets ended higher, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average gaining 1.08% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rising 0.80%. The dollar dropped about 0.1% against the yen, while the euro gained 0.1% to $1.36374. Read more