U.S. stock market futures are holding steady Thursday morning, pausing after a three-day winning streak that pushed the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq to fresh record territory. Investors are treading carefully ahead of key economic reports that could determine whether the Federal Reserve’s rate-cut momentum holds or stalls.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Wednesday's trade as the strongest performer among its rival large-cap indexes, but the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite rose by enough to stretch a rally sparked by mixed inflation data that boosted rate-cut expectations.