U.S. Stock Market indexes futures for S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Russell 2000 were down. S&P futures were down by 0.39 per cent, Dow futures were down by 0.26 per cent, Nasdaq futures slipped by 0.58 per cent, and Russell 2000 futures fell by 0.45 per cent.
This comes after the U.S. stock market bounced back after pressure eased on Wall Street from the bond market and oil prices gave back some of their big gains. The S&P 500 climbed 1.1 per cent on Wednesday, its first rise in four days. The index is not far from the all-time high it set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.3 per cent, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.5 per cent.