stock futures were little changed on thursday evening as the sp 500 looked to grind out another positive week futures for the sp 500 were flat futures tied to the nasdaq 100 the dow jones industrial average were also little changed the three major averages closed marginally higher on thursday putting the dow and sp 500 on track for a potential winning week the sp 500 is up just 008 but that would still be its fifth straight positive week the dow is up 071 for the week on track for its fourth positive week in five the nasdaq composite is down 063 for the week while this week has seen relatively muted moves on wall street it comes on the heels of a solid rally since midjune the market is doing a little consolidating this week a little flipflopping  i think this is still a healthy market said frank gretz a technical analyst at wellington shields citing solid advancedecline ratios in recent weeks there are no major economic reports due out on friday but investor sentiment may be buoyed by a betterthanexpected earnings report and upbeat outlook from semiconductor equipment company applied materials on thursday evening shares of the company were up about 2 in extended trading