Dow, Nasdaq Futures Surge Ahead Of Jackson Hole Symposium Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade on Thursday ahead of the three-day Jackson Hole economic symposium starting today, with Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell scheduled to speak on Friday. Investors are awaiting earnings results from Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG ), Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR ) and Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL ). Data on Gross Domestic Product and initial jobless claims will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for August is scheduled for release at 11:00 a.m. ET. Check out this: Advance Auto Parts, Nordstrom And Other Big Stocks Recording Losses On Wednesday Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 181 points to 33,139.00 while the Standard Poor’s 500 index futures rose 32.75 points to 4,175.50. Futures for the Nasdaq index rose 119.75 points to 13,049.50. Oil prices traded slightly higher as Brent crude futures rose 0.2% to trade at $100.56 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures rose 0.2% …