stocks_stock_market-400x3001NEW YORK — The momentum in the stock market is growing, with U.S. stock futures pointing to a higher opening following gains in overseas markets.

Stocks are looking to tack on to Thursday’s stunning advance, in which the Dow Jones industrials jumped almost 190 points to their first close above the 9,000 mark since January.

Investors have been rallying around better-than-expected earnings reports and improving forecasts, as well as news that existing home sales rose in June for the third straight month.

Dow Jones industrial average futures are up 27 to 9,018. Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures are up 2 to 971, while Nasdaq 100 index futures are up 2to 1,586.