us stock futures rose on monday gaining ground after falling for eight of the last nine weeks   futures on the dow jones industrial average ym00 rose 273 points or 08 to 33161   futures on the sp 500 es00 gained 455 points or 11 to 4153   futures on the nasdaq 100 nq00 increased 1855 points or 15 to 12737 on friday the dow jones industrial average djia fell 349 points or 105 to 32900 the sp 500 spx declined 68 points or 163 to 4109 and the nasdaq composite comp dropped 304 points or 247 to 12013 friday’s drop dragged the sp 500 down 12 for the week analysts are assessing whether stocks have dropped enough given the fed’s desire to stamp out inflation by lifting interest rates key inflation data is set for release on friday “they’d need some clear evidence that inflation is slowing down before they would consider slowing the pace of rate hikes that keeps the focus squarely on the cpi” said marshall gittler head of investment research at bdswiss holding “when the economy looks strong – market worries shift to inflation and the risk of higher interest rates when the data are weaker – the opposite happens the result volatility” added analysts at rockcreek a washington dc investment firm markets also were paying attention to signs the white house is loosening its stance on tariffs us commerce secretary gina raimondo said household goods and bicycles “may make sense” as products to ease levies solar companies including sunrun run rose after the wall street journal reported there won’t be any new tariffs on solar imports for two years the largest us company by market capitalization apple aapl  will be in the spotlight as it’s holding a developers conference in which it’s expected to unveil new products