1. -- Stock Futures Rise as Reddit Crowd Turns to Precious Metals Stock futures were higher Monday as the anxiety over volatile retail trading, particularly in shares of GameStop ( AMC) - Get Report, ebbed as day traders turned their attention to precious metals. Contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 246 points, S&P 500 futures were up 39 points and Nasdaq futures rose 148 points. Silver became the new target of retail investors over the weekend, with futures surging as much as 13%. Stocks finished sharply lower Friday amid the continued retail-trading frenzy on Wall Street and concerns over distribution of coronavirus vaccines. The S&P 500 posted its biggest weekly decline since October.