Despite the economic concerns in the Unites States, the U.S. stock index futures advanced more than their opening price on Thursday.

The stock market witnessed the European stocks climbing up. The mining stocks showed the best performance turning major indexes green. Also, Asian stocks experienced increase in their prices, while Chinese stocks witnessed a fall. In premarket trading, the shares of Goldman also edged up.

The survey of activities of 12 regions contained in the beige book conducted by the Federal Reserve didn’t add much to the confidence of the investors on Wednesday, as it brought out that the economy of the country is facing slowdown.

According to Beige Book, "There has been continued growth in national economic activity during the reporting period of mid-July through the end of August, but with widespread signs of a deceleration compared with preceding periods."

The economic projections are quite weak that will be reflected in the weekly jobless claims data, which is to be revealed on the New York time and trade deficit reading that the economists are anticipating to reduce to $47.3 billion for the month from $49.9 billion in the last month.

Also, by the afternoon, the Federal Reserve will have to deliver details of its balance sheet that would give an insight into the lending of the bank.