A Peek Into The Markets: US Stock Futures Up; Treasury Yields Retreat Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade after closing mixed in the previous session. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.54% on Tuesday. Investors are awaiting earnings reports from Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS ), Navistar International Corp (NYSE: NAV ) and Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO ). The NFIB small business optimism index for February is scheduled for release at 6:00 a.m. ET, while the Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the latest week will be released at 8:55 a.m. ET. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan will speak at 6:05 p.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 191 points to 31,967.00 while the Standard Poor’s 500 index futures rose 40.25 points at 3,859.50. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index rose 266 points to 12,563.25. The U.S. has the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, with total infections in the country exceeding 29,045,440 with around 525,810 deaths.