Opening Bell: Earnings Boost Futures But Equities Remain Choppy; Dollar Firms – Investing.com

Opening Bell: Earnings Boost Futures But Equities Remain Choppy; Dollar Firms – Investing.com

US futures contracts for the , , and inched higher on Thursday, with European shares marginally in the green after Wednesday's choppy US session. Markets are pricing in earnings reports as a gauge for the sustainability of the economic recovery, even as such threats as inflation, shrinking stimulus, COVID and China risks hover in the background.

Though all four contracts on the major US indices were up, growth sectors were leading, as NASDAQ 100 futures outperformed. Contracts on the Russell 2000 were the underperformers. 

The dollar gained and oil's slump continued.