Bloomberg (31/12) -- U.S. stock-index futures were tiny changed, with the Standard & Poors 500 Index heading for its biggest annual profit since 1997, before data on consumer confidence and housing.
Futures on the S&P 500 Index expiring in March gained less than 0.1 percent to 1,835.30 at 10:53 a.m. in London. Dow Jones Industrial Average contracts slipped 1 point, or less than 0.1 percent, to 16,438.
The S&P 500 has rallied 29 percent this year and closed at a record 1,842.02 on Dec. 26 after the Federal Reserve announced plans to reduce the pace of bond buying amid faster-than-estimated economic growth. Three rounds of stimulus, known as quantitative easing, have sent the S&P 500 up 172 percent from a 12-year low in 2009.