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* Shares in Europe advanced, boosted by German
analyst and investor sentiment, which rose in November for the
first time in almost a year, raising hopes of an improvement in
Europe's biggest economy.
* More support for equities came as Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe called for parliament to be dissolved on Friday, seen
potentially bringing more measures to stimulate growth after the
Japanese economy unexpectedly slipped into recession.
* A drop in producer prices in September led investors to bet
the Federal Reserve would delay hiking interest rates until late
2015 at the earliest to keep support for the economy in place.
October's reading is expected at 8:30 a.m. EST (1330 GMT).
* Shares of Home Depot <HD.N> fell 1.1 percent premarket after
the world's No.1 home improvement chain reported a
better-than-expected quarterly profit as an improving job market
encouraged Americans to spend more on renovations.
* CytRx Corp shares fell 10.5 percent premarket after the
drugmaker said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a
partial hold on clinical trials of its experimental cancer drug
after a patient died.
Futures snapshot at 7:18 a.m. EST (1218 GMT):
* S&P 500 e-minis were down 0.75 points, or 0.04 percent, with
101,419 contracts changing hands.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 1.75 points, or 0.04 percent, in
volume of 17,084 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 2 points, or 0.01 percent, with 20,150
contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos)
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