Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures extended gains
in volatile trading on Thursday, after data showed retail sales
surged in July, which could help ease worries of a recession.
At 8:33 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were up 136 points,
or 0.53%. S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were up 15 points, or 0.53%
and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were up 38 points, or 0.51%.
Moments before the data, Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were up 90
points, or 0.35%. S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were up 9.75 points,
or 0.34%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were up 18.25 points,
or 0.24%.