U.S. Stock Futures Rise on Report CBOT Bid Will Be Boosted; Exxon Gains

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after
a report said Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. will
raise its bid for CBOT Holdings Inc. and as investors awaited a
report that may show wholesale inflation decreased last month.

CBOT, operator of the Chicago Board of Trade, gained in
trading in German after the Wall Street Journal reported that
the biggest U.S. futures market plans to boost the value of its
$10 billion offer. Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest oil producer,
advanced after oil prices rose.


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