Stock market today: S&P 500 futures rise with focus on earnings

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US stock futures rose early Wednesday, with the S&P 500 eyeing a comeback as investors put interest rate worries on the backburner to focus on quarterly earnings. S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures were up roughly 0.3% after booking a three-day run of losses, while Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) futures put on 0.2%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) added 0.2%. Stocks have struggled to reprise their early-year rally, buffeted most recently by worries heightened tensions in the Middle East and uncertainty over the timing and depth of rate cuts. Another bump came on Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...