Market Snapshot: Dow futures slip, stock market on track for more losses ahead of jobless claims, Powell speech

Stock-index futures head lower early Thursday, putting the three main benchmarks on track to notch a third straight decline, as investors await weekly jobless benefit claims data and a speech by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at noon at a Wall Street Journal conference.

Stock-index futures head lower early Thursday, putting the three main benchmarks on track to notch a third straight decline, as investors await weekly jobless benefit claims data and a speech by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at noon at a Wall Street Journal conference.