US STOCKS-Wall St eyes higher open on China optimism, easing rate hike worries

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Futures up: Dow 0.30%, S&P 0.41%, Nasdaq 0.51%

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By Shubham Batra and Amruta Khandekar

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Monday on . . .