LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures were under modest pressure Friday, signaling a slightly lower open for Wall Street as investors return from the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
S&P 500 futures fell 2.1 points to 884.10 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 8.25 points to 1,186.25. Dow futures declined 3 points to 8,695.
Oil futures were under pressure. Crude for January delivery was down $1 to $53.44 a barrel.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.7%. In London, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2%. See Asia Markets. Read Europe Markets.
U.S. markets were closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. No official government figures or other key economic statistics are set for release Friday.
On Wednesday, U.S. stocks rose for the fourth session in a row as investors focused on deal-making in the technology sector and shrugged off gloomy economic data and downcast corporate earnings reports. Read Snapshot.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 247 points, or 3%, to close at 8,726 on Wednesday. The S&P 500 added 30 points, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 67 points.
