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 * Investors are preparing for a Dec. 4 non-farm payrolls report
ahead of a widely expected decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to
raise interest rates at its mid-December meeting.
* The U.S. central bank has not raised interest rates since June
2006.
* Diverging from the Fed, the ECB is widely expected to unveil fresh
monetary easing measures on Thursday.
* U.S. stock indexes ended little changed in light volume on Friday,
an abbreviated trading day, with consumer stocks falling as
investors fretted over early reports on the U.S. holiday shopping
season and Disney's subscriber losses.
* Retail stocks will continue to be in focus on Cyber Monday, the
biggest online shopping day of the year.
* The dollar edged to a fresh 8-1/2-month high against a basket of
major currencies on Monday.
* Chinese stocks, which fell more than 5 percent on Friday, fell as
much as 3 percent on Monday before closing marginally up. China's
currency was also in the spotlight, with the International Monetary
Fund expected to grant it reserve status.
* Shares of Fitbit were up 3.2 percent at $28.72 in premarket
trading after Barclays raised its rating on the stock to
"overweight" from "equal weight".
* Sohu.com was down 3 percent at $50, a day after Goldman Sachs cut
its rating to "sell" from "neutral".
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* Computer Sciences slumped 57.3 percent to $29.27, ahead of the
start of its trading after spinning off its North American Public
Sector business.
Futures snapshot at 7:10 a.m. ET (1110 GMT):
* S&P 500 e-minis were up 1.75 points, or 0.08 percent, with
113,458 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 10.5 points, or 0.22 percent, on volume
of 14,503 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 22 points, or 0.12 percent, with 16,436
contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Don Sebastian)
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