U.S. stock-index futures on Wednesday were seeing lackluster early action in thin trade as investors braced for an update on private-sector employment from ADP for April and react to corporate quarterly updates from some of the nation’s largest companies, which are mostly swooning from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 22 points, or 0.1%, at 23,783, those for the S&P 500 index were gaining 1.45 points, or less than 0.1%, at 2,859.75, while Nasdaq-100 futures edged up 8.25 points, or 0.1%, at 8.932.

On Tuesday, the Dow gained 133.33 points, or 0.6%, to end at 24,883.09, the S&P 500 index advanced 25.70 points to finish at 2,868.44, a gain of 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite Index added 98.41 points, or 1.1%, to close at 8,809.12.

Source : Marketwatch