Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street ... The consensus is 49.8, while it was up 52.7 in the prior month. The ISM Manufacturing Index for March is scheduled at 10. ...

Stocks looked set to gain in a shortened Black Friday session on the last trading day of what has been a momentous month. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 113 points, or 0.3%.