U.S. stock futures point higher after four losses, buoyed by Apple results

U.S. stock index futures edged higher Friday, after four consecutive days of losses, buoyed by better-than-forecast results from tech giant Apple ahead of the April employment report.

What’s happening

On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 287 points, or 0.86%, to 33128, the S&P 500 SPX declined 30 points, or 0.72%, to 4061, and the Nasdaq Composite COMP dropped 59 points, or 0.49%, to 11966.

What’s driving markets

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