U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance; Costco, Archer Daniels Shares Climb

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after
a Bank of America Corp. strategist raised his forecast for the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index and investors speculated factory
orders held near a 13-month high.

Costco Wholesale Corp., the largest U.S. warehouse club,
climbed after Goldman, Sachs & Co. recommended buying the
stock. Archer Daniels Midland Co., the world's biggest grain
processor, gained after Bank of America upgraded the stock to
``buy.''


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