US stock futures ground out small gains on Friday as investors braced for a key monthly jobs report, with the Middle East crisis and a return to work at US ports also in high focus.Friday's report, set for release at 8:30 a.m. ET, is expected to show nonfarm payrolls rose by 150,000. But Wall Street is likely to focus less on hiring and more on the unemployment rate, where a gain could boost bets on a larger rate cut.
In recent days, a huge ports strike, devastation from Hurricane Helene, and the prospect of a wider Mideast conflict promised to lift prices and fan inflation. That in turn cast doubt on the Fed's preferred 0.25% rate cut.kept alive the Mideast worries that have driven up oil prices.
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