Nasdaq Futures Edge Higher As Jobs Report Takes Center Stage: TSLA, LULU, ORCL, PL, NVDA, PLTR, RKLB In Focus - Stocktwits

U.S. stock futures were slightly higher early Friday as investors geared up for the high-stakes August Nonfarm Payrolls report, an important data point shaping Federal Reserve policy expectations ahead of its September meeting. As of 4:30 a.m. ET, Nasdaq futures were up 0.4% while Dow, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 futures were nearly flat. The three major indexes are on track for a second consecutive weekly gain. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) , an exchange-traded fund that tracks the S&P 500 Index, remained ‘bearish’, and Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) , which tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index, has flipped to ‘bullish’ from ‘bearish’ earlier in the week. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect the U.S.