NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures fluctuated Thursday as investors digested reports showing a rebound in worker productivity, fewer jobless claims and robust August retail sales.
Stock futures pared earlier losses and Dow futures turned positive after the Labor Department said claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week for the first time in seven weeks and after it reported that worker productivity jumped to an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent in the April to June quarter, better than the 1.8 percent initial estimate.
Investors have been alert for any sign that recent financial market turmoil has hurt consumer spending, which makes up two-thirds of the U.S. economy. …
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