Stock-index futures are pointing to a higher start Friday, following five straight days of losses for the S&P 500. "After spending the week on the back foot in anticipation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivering a forceful message on inflation in his Jackson Hole speech today,

Stock index futures showed little movement on Friday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole.

Future tied to Wall Street's main stock indexes inched higher on Friday in the run-up to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, which would shed more light on the interest-rate path.