Stock Futures Rise on Central Bank Stimulus Talk

Other U.S. data on tap for Friday includes industrial production and capacity utilization for May at 9:15 a.m. and the preliminary reading of the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey for June at 9:55 a.m.

The Federal Reserve is expected to say that industrial production rose 0.1% in May and cooled, after a 1.1% gain in April, according to a survey of economists by Briefing.com. Capacity utilization is expected to stay unchanged at 79.2% for May.

The Reuters/University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index may show fall to 77 in June from 79.3 May.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury was up 8/32, diluting the yield to 1.615%, while the dollar was falling 0.2%, according to the dollar index.

In corporate news, Yammer agreed to sell itself to Microsoft(MSFT) for $1.2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

It's unclear when the acquisition of Yammer, the business-software company, will be completed and announced, said a person familiar with the deal, the Journal reported.

Dell(DELL) is the "strategic bidder" that offered to buy Quest Software (QSFT) for $2.15 billion in cash, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

PC maker Dell is the unidentified company mentioned in a statement made by Quest, which disclosed on Thursday that it had received an offer from a "strategic bidder" of $25.50 a share, Reuters said.

The reported Dell bid tops an earlier offer of nearly $2 billion from private investment firm Insight Venture Partners.

United Technologies (UTX) received conditional approval from China for its $16.5 billion takeover of Goodrich(GR) , the maker of aircraft parts.

Goodrich will be forced to divest its electrical power generation and transmission systems businesses and should sell 60% of joint venture Aerolec within six months, said China's Commerce Ministry.