us stock futures were little changed on thursday night after the major averages staged a lateday comeback as investors appraised the likelihood of tighter monetary policy from the federal reserve to combat inflation dow jones industrial average futures fell by 7 points or 001 sp 500 and nasdaq 100 futures climbed 001 and 003 respectively the dow jones industrial average bounced back on thursday after two straight days of losses the dow rose 8706 points or 025 to 3458357 after dropping as much as 300 points earlier in the session the sp 500 gained 043 to 450021 and the nasdaq composite ticked up 006 to 1389730 the choppy session came amid continued uncertainty as investors weighed a more aggressive stance against inflation by the federal reserve on wednesday the central bank disclosed its march meeting minutes indicating that policymakers plan to reduce their bond holdings by a consensus amount of about 95 billion a month the minutes also indicated potential interest rate hikes of 50 basis points in future meetings were in a trading range market and its going to be this way for some time stephanie link chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at hightower told cnbcs closing bell and its really because we just have so many unknowns to deal with on the economic front the wholesale inventories report will be released on 10 am on friday investors are also looking ahead to earnings season which will kick off next week with reports from five big banks jpmorgan will report before the bell on wednesday citigroup goldman sachs morgan stanley and wells fargo will report before markets open on thursday