Wall Street futures steady ahead of more earnings

NEW YORK -- U.S. stock futures are holding steady as investors anxiously await earnings reports from Goldman Sachs Group and Citigroup.

Investors are looking for more evidence that the economy is on the path to recovery, following the lead of JPMorgan Chase, whose upbeat earnings report yesterday helped propel the Dow Jones industrials past the 10,000 mark for the first time in a year.

Earnings reports from Southwest Airlines, Google and IBM are also on tap today.

Investors will also get reports on the labor market and inflation.

Dow Jones industrial average futures are up 8 at 9,960. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures are up 0.50 at 1,088, while Nasdaq 100 index futures are up 0.25 at 1,748.

-- The Associated Press