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Stock index futures rise after Irish bailout


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.45 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.37 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.71 percent at 4 a.m. ET.

    * The EU and the IMF agreed on Sunday to help bail out Ireland with loans expected to total 80 billion to 90 billion euros to resolve its banking and budget crisis. Fears of a contagion from the Irish debt crisis to other euro zone countries has weighed on stocks in recent weeks.

    * The news boosted the euro against the dollar, while oil rose to above $82 a barrel, bouncing back from two straight weeks of losses, helped by the weakening dollar.

    * European stocks rallied early, led by banking stocks such as Societe Generale and Barclays .

    * U.S. companies expected to report quarterly results on Monday include Hewlett-Packard , Analog Devices , and Tyson Foods .

    * The new Basel III banking rules will leave the biggest U.S. banks short of between $100 billion and $150 billion in equity capital, with 90 percent of the shortfall concentrated in the top six banks, the Financial Times said, citing research from Barclays Capital.

    * Federal authorities may file a series of insider trading cases against hedge fund traders, consultants and Wall Street bankers within weeks, several lawyers familiar with the situation said.

    * General Motors , the biggest overseas automaker in China, unveiled its first car under its newly created Baojun brand on Monday as it steps up expansion in third- and fourth-tier cities that are becoming its main growth driver in the world's largest auto market.

    * U.S. biotechnology firm Genzyme Corp , which is fending off an $18.5 billion hostile takeover bid from France's Sanofi-Aventis , is considering a new deal structure that Sanofi has said it would be open to, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

    * Semiconductor shares rallied on Friday as robust revenue from Marvell Technologies buoyed the sector, but the market ended flat for the week as investors backed away from a strong autumn advance.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average added 22.32 points, or 0.20 percent, to 11,203.55. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index edged up 3.04 points, or 0.25 percent, at 1,199.73. The Nasdaq Composite Index put on 3.72 points, or 0.15 percent, to 2,518.12.

    (Reporting by Blaise Robinson; Editing by Michael Shields)