08:05 AM EST, 12/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were cautiously lower pre-bell Friday in thin trading amid a trading lull between Christmas and New Year.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures, S&P 500 futures, and Nasdaq futures were all down around 0.3%.

Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude up 0.9% at $73.48 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude up 1% at $70.28 per barrel.

The International Trade in goods deficit, scheduled for release at 8:30 am ET, is expected to widen to $101.3 billion in November from $99.1 billion in the preceding month.