Stock futures were flat Thursday as Wall Street looked to build on its best day in nearly a month.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials gained 15 points, or 0.1%, early Thursday to 31,192.
Futures for the S&P 500 hesitated 0.25 points to 3,979.75
Futures for the NASDAQ Composite Index faltered 12.5 points, or 0.1%, to 12,250.75.
Traders looked ahead to a Q&A session from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Cato Institute later in the day as they searched for more clues on the central bank's plans for future rate hikes. The European Central Bank is also slated to announced its latest policy decision Thursday.
The stock market is coming off a solid rebound during Wednesday's regular trading hours. The Dow gained about 436 points, or 1.4%. The S&P 500 added 1.8%, and the NASDAQ popped 2.1%.
It was the best day since Aug. 10 for all three averages, and the Nasdaq snapped a seven-day losing streak.
First Solar rose more than 4% in the pre-market after Goldman Sachs double-upgraded the solar stock to buy from sell.
Shares of GameStop rose 11% in extended trading after the company announced partnership with crypto exchange FTX.
On Thursday morning, investors will get the latest look at the U.S. economy with jobless claims data. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect 235,000 initial unemployment claims, up slightly from 232,000 in the previous week.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index jumped 2.3% Thursday, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng lost 1%.
Oil prices gained 25 cents to $82.19 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices slid $9.40 to $1,737.20 U.S. an ounce.