 And I'm Tara in Moscow. European stocks, they've been wavering a bit. They were weighed down by a decline in France's equity benchmark ahead of the weekend's parliamentary election, which has upended markets across the region. Meanwhile, U.S. stock index futures are rising as investors bet that U.S. price data, which is at 8.30 Wall Street time, will solidify the case for lower interest rates. The S&P 500 seems to be on course to chalk up a third quarter of gains.