US stock futures steady as major jobs report looms

U.S. stock futures were barely changed as traders favored caution ahead of jobs data on Friday when the market will be closed. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.04% fell 1 point, or 0%, to 4116 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.01% fell 3 points, or 0%, to 33653 Nasdaq 100 futures NQ00, -0.18% eased 14 points, or 0.1%, to 13066 On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.24% rose 80 points, or 0.24%, to 33483, the S&P 500 SPX, -0.25% declined 10 points, or 0.25%, to 4090, and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.07% dropped…