us stock index futures were flat during overnight trading on thursday as wall street awaits fridays key september jobs report futures contracts tied to the dow jones industrial average gained 19 points sp 500 futures were up 006 while nasdaq 100 futures advanced 008 stocks advanced during regular trading on thursday as washington reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling into december the dow gained about 340 points or 098 for its third straight positive session the sp 500 and nasdaq composite also advanced for a third day gaining 083 and 105 respectively the three major averages are on track to finish the week in the green all eyes are on fridays jobs report which will be key as the federal reserve prepares to slow its 120 billionpermonth bondbuying program economists are expecting the economy to have added 500000 jobs in september according to estimates from dow jones in august just 235000 jobs were added significantly below the consensus estimate of 720000 the department of labor said thursday that jobless claims for the prior week totaled 326000 that was lower than the 345000 economists had been calling for continuing claims meanwhile declined by 97000 to 271 million the last appetizer to fridays nonfarm payroll report was a positive weekly jobless claims report said edward moya senior market analyst at oanda as the us continues to get the delta variant spread under control the labor market recovery should continue to improve uncertainty around the debt ceiling had been a headwind for the market but other risks remain including accelerating inflation and rising rates the 10year treasury yield was around 157 on thursday and ubs sees it rising to 18 by the end of the year a steadily improving us labor market and solid us economic growth should provide the federal reserve with the green light to start curbing its quantitative easing qe program the firm wrote in a note to clients wall street is also preparing for thirdquarter earnings season which kicks off next week jpmorgan blackrock and delta report on wednesday with the other major banks reporting later in the week