U.S. stock futures rose on Friday after a losing start to the trading year. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 84 points, or 0.2%, to 42778. S&P 500 futures gained 16 points, or 0.3%, to 5933.
1,000 barrels of oil are generally included in a futures contract, with each barrel containing 55 gallons of oil. Most price speculators don’t have space to store 55,000 gallons of oil and are ...