{"id":43751,"date":"2013-04-18T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-futures-point-to-higher-start\/43749\/"},"modified":"2013-04-18T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T08:07:00","slug":"stock-futures-point-to-higher-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stock-futures-point-to-higher-start\/43751\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Futures Point to Higher Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>U.S. stocks futures edged higher on Thursday, taking a cue from European equities, as the market volatility receded after tumultuous trading in the previous session caused by some disappointing earnings results from blue chip companies while jump in <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/gold-price.aspx\">gold prices<\/a> also instilled some confidence.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-43751\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At last check, futures on <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average Index added 0.33%; those on NASDAQ gained 0.32% Composite Index while futures on <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/sp500\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> Index advanced 0.36%.<\/p>\n<p>On the U.S. economic data front, the Labor Department\u2019s weekly jobless claims data is scheduled to be released at 8:30 a.m. EST. Economists polled by Reuters expect initial jobless claims for the week ended April 13 will rise to 350,000 from previous week\u2019s unexpected jump to 346,000.<\/p>\n<p>At 10 :00 a.m. EST, the Conference Board will release its leading economic indicators index for the month of March.<\/p>\n<p>On earnings front, Thursday will be yet another eventful day. Ahead of the bell, Morgan Stanley (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=MS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: MS<\/a>), PepsiCo Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=PEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: PEP<\/a>), Philip Morris International Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=PM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: PM<\/a>), Verizon Communications Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=VZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: VZ<\/a>) will report their quarterly results, while tech giants, Google Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=GOOG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: GOOG<\/a>), Microsoft Corp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=MSFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: MSFT<\/a>) and International Business Machines Corp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=IBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: IBM<\/a>) will release earnings results after the closing bell.<\/p>\n<p>In Asia, market ended mixed while in Europe all leading benchmark indexes were gaining, at last check.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of American Express Company (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=AXP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: AXP<\/a>) will be under spotlight on Thursday. The credit card provider, late last evening, reported fiscal first quarter results that showed revenue falling short of analysts\u2019 consensus estimate. However earnings topped expectation.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of online commerce company, eBay Inc. 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