India, Aug. 14 -- The weekly jobless claims and producer price inflation might be the focus on Thursday. Early trends on the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open slightly up.
Asian shares finished mostly lower, while European shares are trading mostly up.
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to half the war, while Putin said Trump is making energetic efforts to end Ukraine war. Putin will be meeting Trump at Alaska on Friday.
As of 8.10 am ET, the Dow futures were up 10.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 1.75 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 11.25 points.
The U.S. major averages finished higher. The Nasdaq inched up 31.24 points or 0.1 percent to 21,713.14 and...