Stock futures are little changed Thursday morning ahead of the release of closely watched economic data, as the market looks to extend a rally that has lifted major indexes to record highs.

S&P 500 futures are up 0.02% . Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are up 0.02%. Nasdaq 100 futures are up 0.2%. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 484 points, or 1.1%, to 44,459, the S&P 500 increased 72 points,

The benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovered near record highs on Wednesday, but the market reflected weakness in some technology stocks after the previous day's strong gains on hopes that the Federal Reserve was getting close to a monetary easing cycle.