U.S. stock futures were barely changed as traders favored caution ahead of jobs data on Friday when the market will be closed.How are stock-index futures trading
S&P 500 futures
ES00,
-0.09%
fell 1 point, or 0%, to 4116
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
YM00,
+0.06%
fell 3 points, or 0%, to 33653
Nasdaq 100 futures
NQ00,
-0.48%
eased 14 points, or 0.1%, to 13066
On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.24%
rose 80 points, or 0.24%, to 33483, the S&P 500
SPX,
-0.25%
declined 10 points, or 0.25%, to 4090, and the Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
-1.07%
dropped 129 points, or 1.07%, to 11997.
What’s driving markets Moves are fairly meager across asset classes as a long weekend for most major financial centers looms. “As we approach the Easter weekend, risk-off sentiment has continued to grow in markets thanks to another round of weak data that’s added to fears about a potential US recession,” said Henry Allen, strategist at Deutsche Bank. The S&P 500 closed at a seven-week high on Monday, having been boosted of late by falling bond yields, as traders hoped signs of a slowing economy may ease inflation and allow the Federal Reserve to begin trimming interest rates later this year. However, recent data — notably co …