US stock futures modestly higher on earnings, jobless claims By: CNBC.com News April 17, 2014 at 08:44 AM EDT U.S. stock index futures signaled a higher open, with multiple big names reporting earnings before Wall Street opens. Read More >> Related Stocks: BlackRock Chipotle Mexican Grill DuPont USA General Electric Goldman Sachs Group Google, Inc. International Business Machines Morgan Stanley PepsiCo Sentinelone Inc Cl A UnitedHealth Group