India, April 24 -- The Weekly Jobless Claims, Durable Goods Orders and Existing Home Sales and earnings reports might be followed by investors on Thursday.

In the Asian trading session, the dollar turned lower, while gold prices bounced back. Oil prices also edged up.

Asian shares finished mostly down, while European shares are trading lower.

Early trends on the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open lower.

As of 8.05 am ET, the Dow futures were down 187.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were declining 10.00 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were sliding 12.25 points.

The U.S. major averages all ended Wednesday sharply higher. The Nasdaq soared as much as 4.5 percent in early trading before pulling back but still closed up...