09:13 AM EDT, 09/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were lower ahead of Thursday's opening bell as traders digested a deluge of economic data, including the quarterly economic growth report.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.2% lower, S&P 500 futures were down 0.4%, and Nasdaq futures were 0.6% lower.

Oil prices were lower, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude down 0.4% at $69.05 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude 0.5% lower at $64.66 per barrel.

US economic growth, measured by gross domestic product, was revised up to a 3.8% increase in Q2 from a 3.3% gain in the previous estimate, compared with expectations for no revision in a survey compiled by Bloomberg as of 7:35 am ET.

Also released at 8:30 am ET, the durable goods orders report showed a 2.9% increase in new orders for August following a 2.7% decrease in July, compared with estimates for a 0.3% decline. Initial jobless claims fell to 218,000 in the week ended Sept. 20 from 232,000 in the prior week, compared with estimates for an increase to 233,000. Trade in goods deficit narrowed to $85.54 billion in August from $102.84 billion previously, compared with estimates for a $95.4 billion gap.

The existing home sales report, due at 10 am ET, is expected to show a decline to a 3.96 million annual rate in August from 4.01 million in July.

In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei closed 0.3% higher, Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended 0.1% lower, and China's Shanghai Composite finished 0.01% lower. Meanwhile, the UK's FTSE 100 was down 0.5%, and Germany's DAX index was 1% lower in Europe's early afternoon session.

In equities, shares of Opendoor Technologies ( OPEN ) were 2% higher pre-bell after Jane Street Group disclosed in a filing that it owns about a 5.9% stake in the company. Immuneering ( IMRX ) stock was up 7%, a day after the company reported its phase 2a trial of atebimetinib combination drug in first-line pancreatic cancer showed a superior overall survival rate versus standard of care.

On the losing side, CarMax ( KMX ) shares were 12% lower after the company reported lower fiscal Q2 earnings and revenue. Transocean ( RIG ) stock was down 15% after the company said late Wednesday it priced an upsized public offering of 125 million shares at $3.05 apiece.