Stockfutures opened higher after a brutal sell-off on Wednesday, pointing to a rebound in the equity market on Thursday. And midway through the trading day, that looked like a possibility.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 269 points, or 0.6%, ahead of the first trading session of the year. Contracts tied to the S&P 500 climbed 0.7%. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.9%, ...