Futures rise slightly as market tries to avoid losses for the week

Futures rise slightly as market tries to avoid losses for the week

A woman rides past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 13, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City.Johannes Eisele | Getty ImagesU.S. stock futures rose slightly on Thursday evening as the market indexes tried to avoid a fourth consecutive week of losses. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 70 points, or 0.2%. Contracts tied to the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite ticked up 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively.The three major U.S. indexes held on to slight gains during a choppy session Thursday but were still negative for the week. The Nasdaq Composite slightly outperformed, gaining about 0.4%, and has also been the best performing index this week.  That outperformance for the tech-heavy index is a reversal from earlier during this market pullback. Much of September's losses