Stock futures were little changed on Thursday evening, as investors looked ahead to a wholesale inflation reading and quarterly results from major banks.pulling back from their records in Thursday's session. The broad market index slipped 0.2%, while the Dow lost about 0.1%. Therose 0.2% on a monthly basis and 2.4% from a year earlier. Those results topped the 0.1% monthly advance and 2.3% year-over-year gain economists polled by Dow Jones anticipated.
Indeed, another catalyst awaits on Friday morning: the producer price index, a measure of wholesale prices. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect the PPI index to have risen 0.1% in September on a monthly basis. Excluding food and energy costs, they forecast a 0.2% advance.The major averages are heading into the final day of the week with modest gains. The S&P 500 is up 0.5% week to date, while the Dow is toting a 0.2% gain. The Nasdaq is the outperformer of the three, up 0.8% in the period.
Futures tied to the S&P 500 ticked up 0.02%, while Nasdaq 100 futures hovered near the flatline. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 4 points, or less than 0.1%.Stocks making the biggest moves midday: First Solar, Tesla, TD Bank and more