U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday ahead of data that is likely to show a drop in weekly jobless claims, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq looked set to rebound after a 2% drop in the previous session.

The Nasdaq Composite, home to the best-performing stocks last year including Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Tesla Inc, has fallen this month as rosy economic projections lifted demand for undervalued stocks including energy, mining and industrial firms.