US Stocks Suggest Significantly Higher Open Despite Crimea Concerns; Industrial Production Data To Be Watched

Stocks look set for a positive open Monday despite the ongoing crisis in Crimea. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.51 percent and futures on the S&P 500 were up 0.5 percent while those on the Nasdaq were up 0.61 percent. Data on industrial production is due at 9:15 a.m. EDT. In Europe, markets rallied despite concerns about Ukraine and a dip in inflation, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index up 0.59 percent and the FTSE 100 up 0.35 percent. Germany's DAX-30 was up 0.61 percent whi...