Futures Point To Positive Open For Wall Street
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - Economic announcements, especially weekly Jobless Claims, shall be the focus on Thursday. Earnings reports also might get special attention.
Asian shares finished mostly higher, while European shares are trading broadly lower.
Initial signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open positive.
As of 7.50 am ET, the Dow futures were adding 42.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were up 3.50 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were gaining 20.75 points.
The U.S. major averages finished Wednesday on opposite sides of the unchanged line. The Nasdaq fell 51.08 points or 0.4 percent to 13,582.43, the Dow rose 97.31 points or 0.3 percent to 34,230.34 and the S&P 500 inched up 2.93 points or 0.1 percent to 4,167.59.