New Delhi, July 24 -- US stock futures traded with modest gains on Friday, 24 July, as crude oil prices retreated from recent highs, while a 4% jump in Intel shares in pre-market trading following its second-quarter results helped lift sentiment after Wall Street suffered one of its steepest declines in the previous session.

S&P 500 futures rose 0.2%, while Nasdaq-100 futures added 0.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures led the gains, climbing 222 points, or 0.4%.

Although the major indices attempted to recover from Thursday's sell-off, they remained on track for their first back-to-back weekly decline since the early stages of the Middle East conflict.

Risk appetite remained subdued after markets were rattled this week by the esca...