India, April 25 -- Weekly Jobless Claims and Durable Goods Orders are the highlights on Thursday. Major corporates such as Facebook, Microsoft, Tesla and Visa are reporting their earnings results today.

Asian shares finished mixed, while European shares are trading mostly in the red.

As of 7.50 am ET, the Dow futures were losing 85 points, the S&P 500 futures were up 1.75 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 19.75 points.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday. The Dow fell 59.34 points or 0.2 percent to 26,597.05 points, the Nasdaq slipped 18.81 points or 0.2 percent to 8,102.01 and the S&P 500 dipped 6.43 points or 0.2 percent to 2,927.25.

On the economic front, the Durable Goods Orders for March will be published at 8.30 am ET. ...