Coca-Cola ( KO ) rose 3.4% this morning as its earnings per share of $0.46 beat expectations by a penny. Stock futures and gold recovered from yesterday's sharp sell-off this morning as investors await fresh indicators on inflation, housing, and manufacturing. Later this morning the Federal Reserve's monthly index of industrial production is expected to show that output cooled, expanding 0.2% in March after rising 0.7% in February.