Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials leaped 158 points, or 0.4%, to 37,603.
Futures for the S&P 500 hiked 25.5 points, or 0.5%, at 4,775.25.
Futures for the NASDAQ popped 115.75 points, or 0.7%, to 16,881.50.
The Dow slipped 1.3% and NASDAQ fell about 1.5%, to notch their worst sessions since October. Wednesday’s session also snapped nine-day winning streaks for both.
Micron jumped more than 4% in post-market action after beating Wall Street expectations for the first three months of its new fiscal year. The company also offered current-quarter guidance that exceeded analysts’ consensus forecasts. Salesforce gained 2% following an upgrade from Morgan Stanley.
Investors will watch Thursday for data on jobless claims and the third-quarter gross domestic product before Friday’s reading of the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is a closely followed gauge of inflation. Traders will also monitor Nike earnings expected Thursday after the bell.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 ducked 1.6% Thursday, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index eked up 7.32 points.
Oil prices slid $1.47 to $72.75 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices inched up 50 cents to $2,048.20 U.S. an ounce.