Coinbase, Dell, Moderna: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today

Coinbase, Dell, Moderna: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today

Here's what we're watching as markets kick into gear on Thursday.

U.S. stock futures rose ahead of corporate earnings and fresh economic data that will indicate the state of U.S. consumer spending and the labor market. 

Futures tied to the S&P 500 gained 0.5%. Contracts for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%. Futures for the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 index were up 0.7%, indicating technology shares may recover some ground after the index fell 1.3% Wednesday. Read our full market wrap here.

What's Coming Up Earnings are due from Citigroup, PepsiCo and Delta Air Lines ahead of the opening bell.

Retail sales in the U.S. for the month of March will be out at 8:30 a.m ET. Economists are expecting to see a surge in spending from tax refunds and $1,400 stimulus checks hitting bank accounts.

The latest weekly jobless claims will also be out at 8:30 a.m. and are widely projected to drop, although they rose unexpectedly for the past two weeks.

Paint maker PPG Industries and aluminum giant Alcoa are slated to report after markets close.

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