Futures rise as growth stocks bounce, economic data eyed By Reuters – Investing.com

  • Date: 05-May-2021
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Futures rise as growth stocks bounce, economic data eyed By Reuters – Investing.com

By Shreyashi Sanyal

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as growth stocks bounced from a steep sell-off in the previous session, while investors awaited data on private jobs growth and service sector activity in April.

Megacap technology-related companies including Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc rose between 0.3% and 0.9% in premarket trading.