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By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures trimmed their declines Thursday after economic data had jobless claims falling more than expected last week, while a report on housing starts was more robust than anticipated. Down 50 points ahead of the reports, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were lately off 37 points at 11,174. Those for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index dipped 3.1 points to 1,256.8, while Nasdaq 100 futures declined 4 points to 2,201.
