us stock futures edged higher tuesday on hopes a raft of corporate earnings results will help markets break out of a recent rut   futures on the dow jones industrial average ym00 rose 132 points or 04 to 34445   futures on the sp 500 es00 gained 155 points or 04 to 4402   futures on the nasdaq 100 nq00 increased 4125 points or 03 to 13949 on a quiet monday with several international markets shut the dow jones industrial average djia fell 40 points or 011 to 34412 the sp 500 spx declined 1 point or 002 to 4392 and the nasdaq composite comp dropped 19 points or 014 to 13332 the sp 500 has dropped for seven of the last nine sessions this week will see a number of companies reporting results after a raft of banks posted somewhat disappointing results to kick off first quarter earnings season johnson  johnson jnj headlines the companies reporting ahead of tuesday’s open and ibm ibm and netflix nflx report after the close netflix shares have been hammered this year skidding 44 on investor concern about their subscription numbers the average implied earnings move for sp 500 companies based on options prices is plus or minus 4 according to strategists at ubs that’s a bit lower than the fourth quarter of 2021 but above the 10year average the strategists said the us economics calendar including housing starts and a speech by chicago president charles evans the international monetary fund is due to release its world economic outlook a day after the world bank slashed its global growth forecast the airlines sector will be in the spotlight as well after a federal judge halted the mask mandate on planes a move that the industry championed