Wall Street futures ease following Nasdaq's record close; business surveys on deck

U.S. stock index futures ticked lower on Friday, a day after the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed at a record high, as investors awaited U.S. business surveys for more clues on the economy's health.

Surveys from the euro zone showed an economic recovery from its deepest downturn on record has stuttered this month, setting up a downbeat tone for IHS Markit's surveys of the U.S. manufacturing and services sectors due later in the day.U.S. stocks finished higher on Thursday as investors bet on tech heavyweights including Apple Inc and Amazon.com to ride out the pandemic as U.S. data painted a picture of a wobbly economic recovery.

Earlier this week, the S&P 500 clinched a record high, recouping the last of its losses caused by the coronavirus-driven slump and joining the Nasdaq in notching new highs.At 6:35 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 19 points, or 0.07per cent, S&P 500 e-minis were down 3.25 points, or 0.1per cent and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 10 points, or 0.09per cent.

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