Data on initial jobless claims for the latest week will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Jobless claims are expected to drop to 695,000 for the April 10th week from 744,000 in the prior week.
The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index for April is scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. ET. Analysts expect the index declining to 43.0 in April versus previous reading of 51.8.
Toward the end of trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.33% to 33,787.64 while the NASDAQ fell 0.62% to 13,908.97. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.22% to 4,132.40.
Companies Reporting Before The Bell
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is expected to report quarterly earnings of $3.10 per share on revenue of $30.52 billion.
The MBA's index of mortgage application activity for the latest week is scheduled for release at 7:00 a.m. ET.
Data on import and export prices for March will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Analysts expect see import prices increasing a monthly 0.9% in March with export prices also seen increasing 0.9%.