us stock futures traded higher in early premarket trade after recording sharp losses in the previous session investors are awaiting earnings results from autozone inc nyse azo fedex corporation nyse fdx and adobe inc nasdaq adbe the federal open market committee will begin its twoday policy meeting today data on housing starts permits and current account will be released at 830 am et futures for the dow jones industrial average jumped 328 points to 3416700 while the standard  poor’s 500 index futures gained 3875 points to 438700 futures for the nasdaq 100 index rose 13025 points to 1513975 the us has the highest number of covid19 cases and deaths in the world with total infections in the country exceeding 42289820 with around 676090 deaths india reported a total of at least 33504530 confirmed cases while brazil confirmed over 21247660 cases oil prices traded higher as brent crude futures rose 15 to trade at 7504 per barrel while us wti crude futures rose 18 to trade at 7152 a barrel the api’s report on crude oil inventories will be released later during the day european markets were higher today the spanish ibex index rose 12 and stoxx europe 600 index climbed 11 the french cac 40 index surged 14 london’s ftse 100 gained 1 while german dax 30 climbed 14 public sector net borrowing in the uk fell to gbp 205 billion in august gbp 55 billion less than a year ago asian markets traded mostly higher today japan’s nikkei 225 dipped 217 while hong kong’s hang seng index gained 069 australia’s spasx 200 gained 04 and india’s bse sensex rose 05 loop capital initiated coverage on att inc nyse t with a hold rating and announced a price target of 30 check out other major ratings here   general electric company nyse ge and vietnam’s leisure airline bamboo airways are set to sign a 2 billion deal on tuesday reuters reported citing the airline as part of the deal the vietnamese airline would buy genx engines to power the boeing’s 7879 dreamliner aircraft   amazoncom inc nasdaq amzn and ford motor co nyse f backed electric vehicle maker rivian has filed for a patent with the us patent and trademark office for a sliding door for a minivanstyled vehicle   lennar corporation nyse len reported adjusted earnings of 327 per share on sales of 694 billion for the third quarter the company also said it expects deliveries to be roughly 18000 for the current quarter   netflix inc nasdaq nflx said it is launching a free mobile plan with limited tv shows and movies in kenya as it looks to score new subscribers in the key african country check out other breaking news here