Dow futures tick higher after negative session, Workday lifts 3.2% post-earnings

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Dow futures tick higher after negative session, Workday lifts 3.2% post-earnings

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures ticked higher on Thursday night following declines among major benchmark indices as investors monitored fresh earnings results ahead of a key speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday.

By 18:45 ET (22:45 GMT), Dow Jones futures and S&P 500 futures were up 0.1% apiece while Nasdaq 100 futures were flat.

In extended deals, Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY ) added 3.2%, reporting Q2 EPS of $1.43, $0.17 better than the analyst estimate of $1.26. Revenues were reported at $1.79 billion versus $1.77B expected.

Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN ) fell 2.5% after the company reported Q2 EPS of $0.81, beating expectations of $0.45, while revenues came in at $3.62B versus $3.68B expected.

Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU ) eased 2%, after reporting Q4 EPS of $1.65 versus $1.43 expected on revenues of $2.7B versus $2.64B expected.

Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ: AFRM ) lifted 7.4% after reporting Q4 losses of $0.69 per share versus expected losses of $0.87 per share. Quarterly revenues were reported at $446 million versus $406.13M expected.

Gap (NYSE: GPS ) was trading 1.4% higher after the company reported Q2 EPS of $0.34 versus $0.10 expected, while revenues came in at $3.55B versus $3.58B expected.

Ahead in Friday's trade, market participants will be monitoring Michigan consumer sentiment and expectations , as well as Powell's key speech at Jackson Hole .

Among earnings, companies including Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE: DELL ), Ubiquiti Networks (NYSE: UI ), Elastic (NYSE: ESTC ), and Hibbett Sports (NASDAQ: HIBB ) are expected to release quarterly results.

During Thursday's regular session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 373.6 points or 1.1% to 34,099.4, the S&P 500 fell 59.7 points or 1.4% to 4,376.3, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 257.1 points or 1.9% to 13,464.

On the bond markets, United States 10-Year rates were at 4.243%.

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