a street sign for wall street is seen outside the new york stock exchange nyse in manhattan new york city us december 28 2016 reutersandrew kellyfile photo nov 22 reuters  us stock index futures rose on monday as energy and bank stocks recovered slightly from last weeks losses although anticipation of several economic readings this week kept gains in check nasdaq futures hit a record high as demand for technology stocks remained strong heavyweights including most faang majors rose in premarket trade tech had largely outperformed other sectors last week helping the nasdaq ixic to close over the 16000 level for the first time as concerns over rising covid19 cases in europe drove up safehaven demand bank stocks were set to recover from steep losses last week when safehaven demand sent treasury yields down sharply yields were steady on monday travel and energy stocks which were among the worst performers last week also marked small gains before the open still gains in most sectors were constrained as investors awaited a slew of economic readings this week including ihs business activity readings personal consumption expenditure and minutes of the federal reserves last meeting along with an eye on the feds plans for tightening policy investors are also watching for an announcement from president joe biden on his pick for the next fed chair investors expect current chair jerome powell to stay on for another term although fed governor lael brainard is also seen as a candidate for the position at 629 am et dow eminis were up 154 points or 043 sp 500 eminis were up 175 points or 037 and nasdaq 100 eminis were up 5675 points or 034 wall street indexes had hit record highs this month as a strong thirdquarter earnings season showed that most corporate profits were yet to be dented by rising inflation and supply chain issues among other premarket movers tesla inc tslao gained 28 after chief executive elon musk tweeted that model s plaid will probably be coming to china around march read more activision blizzard atvio slipped 11 after a media report that the video game publishers top boss bobby kotick would consider leaving if he cannot quickly fix culture problems read more reporting by ambar warrick in bengaluru editing by maju samuel