India, April 16 -- Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open in positive territory on Thursday, despite the U.S. plan to put economic restrictions on Iran's oil output.
Asian shares finished mostly up, while European shares are trading broadly higher.
As of 7.45 am ET, the Dow futures were gaining 76.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were up 6.75 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were adding 45.75 points.
The U.S. major averages finished higher on Wednesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 376.93 points or 1.6 percent to 24,016.02 and the S&P 500 advanced 55.57 points or 0.8 percent to 7,022.95.
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