New Delhi, April 17 -- US stock futures on Friday, 17 April, indicated another positive start for Wall Street after key indices hit back-to-back record highs.

Investors assessed the prospects of renewed US-Iran negotiations and a potential long-term peace deal between the US and Iran, easing concerns over energy-driven inflation and rate hikes by the central banks.

Futures for the three key indices - the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq - were up between 0.1% and 0.2%. In the previous session, the S&P 500 notched a record high of 7,051.28, just a day after eclipsing its previous all-time high set in January, with financial and technology stocks leading the gains.

The Nasdaq 100 also hit another record high of 2...