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* Futures up: Dow 2.42%, S&P 1.99%, Nasdaq 1.68%
By Medha Singh
June 12 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures surged about 2% on Friday, pointing to a quick rebound for Wall Street from its biggest one-day dive in about three months on fears of a resurgence in coronnavirus infections.
Big U.S. lenders including Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc and Morgan Stanley rose between 3% and 5% in premarket trading after taking a hammering earlier this week.
The S&P 500 closed about 6% lower on Thursday as nerves over a rising number of new infections in several U.S. states replaced expectations of a swift recovery that drove the Nasdaq to a record high and led the S&P 500 well above its March lows.
The Federal Reserve’s indication of a long road to recovery on Wednesday also heightened concerns, putting the three main U.S. stock indexes on track for their worst week in about three months.
At 6:09 a.m. ET (10:08 GMT), U.S. e-minis stocks futures rose 1.99% to 3,070.25 points. The daily up trading limit for S&P futures is at 3,152.
Dow E-minis were up 608 points, or 2.42%, with 59,444 contracts changing hands. Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 163 points, or 1.68%.
The CBOE volatility index eased about 4.5 points after spiking to 40, its highest level since April 23.
Photoshop maker Adobe Inc rose 5.2% after posting better-than-expected quarterly profit, driven by strong demand for its Creative Cloud and Document Cloud software.
Yoga apparel maker Lululemon Athletica Inc fell 4.9% after posting lower-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit due to coronavirus-led store closures. (Reporting by Medha Singh and Devik Jain in Bengaluru Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)