Dow futures rise 250 points as the stock market tries to shake GameStop angst

U.S. stock-index futures on Monday morning were trading solidly higher as the market attempted to recover from its worst weekly loss since October as worries about GameStop Corp., stemming from trading in videogame retailer and others, fueled a ripple of selling on Wall Street.

How are stock markets performing?

• Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
  YM00,
  +0.81%
  YMH21,
  +0.81%
  were up 240 points, or 0.8%, to trade at 30,129.

• S&P 500 index futures
  ES00,
  +1.07%

  ESH21,
  +1.07%
  advanced 41.30 points to reach 3,746.50, a gain of 1.1%.

• Nasdaq-100…