U.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise; Shares of Alcoa, General Motors Advance

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures advanced
as investors speculated the biggest weekly sell-off in more
than four years was excessive.

Alcoa Inc., the world's second-largest aluminum company,
and General Motors Corp. rose in Europe after their shares lost
more than 10 percent in the previous five days. Verizon
Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, may
be active before an earnings report.


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