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* D.R. Horton posts quarterly earnings
* Veteran's Day holiday may curb volume
* Futures up: Dow 24 pts, S&P 3.25 pts, Nasdaq 8.5 pts (Adds premarket actives)
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK, Nov 11 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futuresadvanced modestly on Tuesday, after the Dow and S&P 500 extendedtheir streak of record closes for a fourth day.
* Transportation and healthcare stocks helped boost the S&P500 on Monday to its 39th new closing high for the year,versus 45 in 2013. The last time the index set a record high infour consecutive days was in June, while the last five-daystreak was in May 2013.
* The benchmark index has rallied 9.4 percent since hittinga six-month low in October, buoyed by supportive economic dataand solid corporate earnings reports. For the year, the index isup 10.3 percent.
* Thomson Reuters data through Monday morning showed that of448 companies in the S&P 500 to report earnings, 74.6 percentbeat expectations, above the 63 percent beat rate since 1994 and67 percent for the past four quarters. Earnings overall areexpected to grow 10 percent over the year-ago period.
* D.R. Horton, the largest U.S. homebuilder, fell1.6 percent to $23.05 before the opening bell after it reportedbetter-than-expected quarterly revenue but earnings missed WallStreet expectations.
* There is no major U.S. economic data on the calendar forTuesday due to the U.S. Veteran's Day holiday, which may alsoserve to dampen volume.
* U.S.-listed shares of Vodafone jumped 6 percent to$35, making them among the most actively traded issues on theNasdaq in premarket after the world's second-biggest mobileoperator raised it full-year earnings outlook.
* Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's finance services arm"will definitely go public," Executive Chairman Jack Ma said onTuesday, eyeing a mainland China listing for the e-commercecompany's crown jewel. Its shares slipped 0.7 percent to $118.30in premarket.
* Zynga shares jumped 6.1 percent to $2.63 beforethe opening bell, after Jefferies raised its rating on the stockto "buy" from "hold" with a $4.50 price target.
* S&P 500 e-minis were up 3.25 points, or 0.16percent, with 100,093 contracts changing hands.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 8.5 points, or 0.19percent, in volume of 15,830 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 24 points, or 0.14 percent,with 16,751 contracts changing hands. (Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Alden Bentley)
