Dow Jones Industrial Average (SPGI) futures jumped 470 points early Thursday, as the Federal Reserve’s decision to slash interest rates by 50 basis points gave fuel to markets.

U.S. stock futures were headed for a very quiet opening early on Friday after a week of gains, with the focus still firmly on the Federal Reserve’s monetary-policy meeting next week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down one point,

Wall Street closed flat on Friday, hovering near the previous session's record-high close for the Dow and S&P 500, while the dollar firmed as investors digested the Federal Reserve's 50-basis-point cut midweek that started a rate reducing cycle.

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Friday, taking a pause from the previous session's rally that set Wall Street's main indexes on track for weekly gains after the Federal Reserve took a pivotal stance on monetary policy earlier in the week.

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Friday, pausing after the previous session's rally set Wall Street's main indexes on track for weekly gains following the Federal Reserve's pivotal stance on monetary policy earlier in the week.

Wall Street rallied on Thursday with the Dow and S&P 500 hitting another intraday record high — a day after the Federal Reserve kicked off its easing cycle with half-a-percentage point reduction and forecast more cuts were on the horizon.