U.S. stock futures were unchanged on Friday as investors awaited the release of the eagerly anticipated monthly employment report, which is expected to provide insights into the state of the labor market and influence the outlook for monetary policy. During regular trading on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.2%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite dropped by 0.02% and 0.09% respectively. These movements occurred a day after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reached new record highs, spurred by signs of cooling in the U.S. labor market, which fueled bets on two Federal Reserve rate cuts this year. Data released on Thursday showed that initial unemployment claims for the previous week were higher than expected, and labor cost expenditures for the first quarter were revised downwards. On the corporate front, Lululemon surged by 4.8% after exceeding first-quarter financial expectations. Salesforce also rose by 2.6% following reports that Mason Morfit, a board member and co-CEO of activist investor ValueAct, had increased his stake in the software development company to nearly $1 billion.