Stocks are indicated broadly higher following a day of solid gains in overseas and commodities markets. Thirty minutes before the start of trading in New York, stock index futures indicate that the Dow Jones Industrial Average might add 80 or 90 points at the open.

Markets moved mostly higher in Asia and are rallying in Europe. While Japan’s markets are closed, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 1.4 percent and China’s Shanghai added .9 percent. In Europe, France’s CAC 40 rose 1.7 percent, Germany’s DAZ gained 1.6 percent, and UK’s FTSE was recently up 1.5 percent.

Energy, metals and mining names are strong after crude oil added $1.26 to $78.73 a barrel and gold surged to record highs, recently up $18.2 to $1165 an ounce.

In the US, the focus will be on existing home sales numbers, due out at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. Economists expect the report to show improvement to an annual rate of 5.70 million in October, up from 5.57 million the month before.

Bonds are seeing modest losses ahead of the news, as well as an auction of $44 billion in 2-year notes. The benchmark ten-year Treasury is down 5/32nd and yields 3.39 percent.

The dollar is flat at 88.80 against the yen. The euro surged .0130 and is making a run back towards 1.50 against the buck.

Among the stocks to watch, Campbell’s (CPB) is up 2 percent after reporting a quarterly profit of 87 cents per share, which beat Street estimates by 6 cents. LDK Solar (LDK) rallied 15 percent on earnings news. Financial Federal (FIF) surged 38 percent after People’s United made a bid for the company. Deere (DE) gained 3.3 percent after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to Overweight. Tyson (TSN) slipped on earnings news. Jefferies (JEF) is lower after Goldman downgraded the stock to Sell.