US market | Futures Indicator: Dow futures extend losses following Wednesday's sell-off
Fred Imbert, Jesse Pound 3-4 minutes - Source: CNBC U.S. stock futures traded slightly lower early Thursday on the heels of a market slide a day earlier as a recent rally lost steam. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 62 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively. Futures were off their lows, however, after the release of preliminary data showed University of Oxford and AstraZeneca’s vaccine candidate triggered a similar immune response among all adults . Weakness in the futures follows a Wednesday session that finished on a sour note . After bouncing around the flat line for most of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average turned south in the final hour of trading to register a loss of 345 points, or 1.2%. The S&P 500 also dropped 1.2%, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.8%. The slide for stocks accompanied mixed news about the coronavirus crisis . On Wednesd