India, Nov. 12 -- Initial signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open broadly down on Thursday.

Asian shares finished mostly down, while European shares are trading broadly up.

Oil prices were modestly lower. Gold prices were sharply down.

As of 7.35 am ET, the Dow futures were adding 36.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were down 31.50 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were sliding 266.25 points.

The U.S. major averages remained firmly positive on Wednesday. The Nasdaq surged 400.31 points or 1.6 percent to 25,466.19, the S&P 500 jumped 98.45 points or 1.3 percent to 7,619.38 and the Dow climbed 254.60 points or 0.5 percent to 52,486.49.

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