U.S. stock index futures rise; Bernanke eyed
October 25, 2010 at 05:18 AM EDT
* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.7 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.6 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.5 percent at 0825 GMT.