- Stock futures rose in overnight trading on Wednesday, following modest gains among major benchmark indices, with investors monitoring incoming earnings results ahead of a key reading that could affect the trajectory of interest rates in the future.

By 7:15pm ET (11:15pm GMT) , and were each up by 0.2%.

In extended deals, Walt Company (NYSE:) added 2.5%, Q3 EPS of $1.03 versus $0.99 expected while revenues were reported at $22.33 billion versus $22.49 billion expected. The comapany also flagged a significant increase to its subscription services.

Corp (NASDAQ:) popped 24.2% after the company Q2 EPS of $0.22 versus $0.08 expected. Revenues came in at $750 million versus $723.97 million expected.

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:) fell 3.5% after Q2 EPS of $0.28 versus $0.26 expected, with revenues of $464 million versus $454.71 million expected.

(NASDAQ:) lifted 4.6%, Q3 EPS of $0.16 versus expected losses of $0.16 per share, while revenues came in at $373.4 million versus $335.91 million expected.

Ahead in Thursday's trade, investors will be closely monitoring , among expectations of a 3.1% rise, increasing slightly from last month's reading of 3%.

Among earnings, companies including Group Holdings Ltd ADR (NYSE:), (NYSE:), News Corp (NASDAQ:) and (NYSE:) are slated to report quarterly results.

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During Wednesday's trade, the fell 191.1 points or 0.5% to 35,123.4, the dipped 31.7 points or 0.7% to 4,467.7 and the lost 162.3 points or 1.2% to 13,722.

On the bond markets, rates were at 4.016%.