Feb 24 - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, as risk-taking recovered following a sharp sell-off on Wall Street in the previous week, while investors awaited pivotal results from chip giant Nvidia and a key inflation report. .N

** $Aramark(ARMK-W)$ ARMK.N: ** Cintas Corp CTAS.O: BUZZ - Citigroup resumes leisure sector coverage seeing double-digit growth, names Whitbread and Sodexo top picks nL5N3PF0CJ

** Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc : BUZZ - Stock rises; J.P.Morgan upgrades stock, raises PT nL3N3PF0EC

** Nike Inc NKE.N: BUZZ - Gains after Jefferies upgrades to 'buy' nL3N3PF0HM

** Domino's Pizza Inc : BUZZ - Falls after missing Q4 same-store sales estimates nL3N3PF0NG

** Apple Inc : BUZZ - Plans to spend more than $500 bln in US over next four years, shares down nL3N3PF0O2

** Summit Therapeutics Inc SMMT.O: BUZZ - Rises on clinical trial collaboration with Pfizer nL3N3PF0NO

** Barrick Gold Corp GOLD.N: ** Gold Fields Ltd GFI.N: ** AngloGold Ashanti Ltd AU.N: ** Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd HMY.N: BUZZ - Gold miners gain as bullion prices inch up on weak U.S. dollar nL3N3PF0P0

** Arbor Realty Trust Inc ABR.N: BUZZ - Raymond James cuts Arbor Realty to 'market perform' after Q4 results nL3N3PF0PC

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))