Stock Futures Inch Higher as Investors Weigh Jobs Data – The Wall Street Journal

U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday as fresh data indicated that a recent uptick in Covid-19 infections hasn’t led to a surge in layoffs.

The S&P 500 ticked up 0.2% after the broad-market index climbed to a record a day earlier. The Nasdaq Composite rose less than 0.1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4%.