Stock futures were flat Thursday after rising Wednesday. Investors will be monitoring key economic data in the day ahead that they hope will provide a clearer picture on the path of U.S. interest rates.
These stocks were poised to make moves Thursday:
Cisco Systems $(CSCO)$ was rising 4.2% in premarket trading after the networking equipment provider posted solid fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue and sharply raised its outlook for the fiscal year.
Apple $(AAPL)$ dipped in premarket trading following a report from The Wall Street Journal that said the Justice Department has in recent months escalated its work on drafting a potential antitrust complaint against the iPhone maker. A report from Bloomberg, meanwhile, said Apple has pushed back the unveiling of its mixed-reality headset to June from Apri.
Shopify $(SHOP)$ declined 10.5% after the e-commerce software company issued softer-than-expected guidance for the first quarter.
Twilio $(TWLO)$ gained 13.6% after reporting a narrower-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter and revenue that topped estimates. The board of the text app developer platform also authorized the company to buy back $1 billion of stock.
Shares of Roku $(ROKU)$ rose 10.5% after the streaming platform company posted a narrower-than-expected fourth-quarter loss and revenue that beat analysts' estimates. Roku added a higher-than-expected 4.6 million new active accounts in the quarter.
Community Health Systems $(CYH)$ reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street estimates and the stock was surging more than 21% in premarket trading.
Zillow (Z) rose 1.7% after the real-estate services company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates.
Datadog (DDOG), Hasbro $(HAS)$, and Paramount Global (PARA) are scheduled to report earnings before the opening bell Thursday.
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