Dow futures tick lower, bank earnings in focus By Investing.com

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<p>Investing.com &#8211; U.S. stock futures were slightly lower Thursday evening, following a positive session among major benchmark averages as investors braced for earnings results from major financial companies set for release on Friday morning.</p>
<p>By 6:45pm ET (10:45pm GMT) ticked 0.1% lower while and traded flat.</p>
<p>Ahead in Friday&#8217;s session, investors will be monitoring and price index data as well as preliminary Michigan consumer and surveys.</p>
<p>Among earnings, major financial companies including JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co (NYSE:), <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Wells Fargo </span></span> </span></span> &amp; Company (NYSE:), BlackRock Inc (NYSE:) and <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Citigroup </span></span> </span></span> Inc (NYSE:) are scheduled to report earnings results.</p>
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<p>During Thursday&#8217;s regular trading, the added 47.7 points or 0.1% to 34,395.2, the gained 37.9 points or 0.9% to 4,510.1 and the lifted 219.6 points or 1.6% to 14,138.6.</p>
<p>On the data front, the U.S. came in at 0.1% versus 0.4% expected, indicating easing inflation pressures and boosting trader sentiment. also came in under expectations at 237K versus 250K expected.</p>
<p>On the bond markets, rates were at 3.769%.</p>
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