Stocks look ready to open higher today. Futures gapped up in the 15 minutes between the end of...

Stocks look ready to open higher today. Futures gapped up in the 15 minutes between the end of Tuesday's session and the beginning of Wednesday's yesterday afternoon, after Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC) big beat, and never looked back, getting a further boost from mild inflation data and a strong show from manufacturing. Dow +1.1% to 8396. S&P +1.4% to 914.