08:19 AM EST, 03/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were cautiously higher Thursday ahead of a slate of economic data and the second day of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's monetary policy testimony before the US Congress. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 0.1%, S&P 500 futures increased 0.2%, and Nasdaq futures rose 0.4%. Oil prices were lower, with...

08:52 AM EST, 03/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were trending higher premarket Thursday as the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) was up 0.9% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) was recently up 1.1%. Yext ( YEXT ) was rallying past 21% after reporting that earnings in fiscal Q4 doubled from a year earlier, and as its earnings...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Eli Lilly ( LLY ) slips on Novo's obesity drug update * Weekly jobless claims data due 8:30 a.m. ET * Futures up: Dow 0.09%, S&P 0.20%, Nasdaq 0.37% (Updated at 6:55 a.m. ET/1155 GMT) By Bansari Mayur Kamdar...

08:29 AM EST, 03/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 0.6% higher in Thursday's premarket activity, as traders expect the Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell to echo the previous day's comments in his second testimony later in the day. US stock...