By Nick Godt
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks futures added to gains early on Monday after the government reported consumer spending rose 0.2% in December, while income rose 0.4%. Spending was weaker than economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected, while incomes were higher than forecast. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 63 points, or 0.6%, at 10,080, compared with 10,070 ahead of the data. Those for the S&P 500 index gained 7 points, or 0.7%, to 1,077, while Nasdaq 100 futures were up 8 points, or 0.5%, at 1,747.
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