* Futures up: Dow 0.44%, S&P 500 0.85%, Nasdaq 1.6%

* Intel ( INTC ) up after Trump says company to partner with Apple ( AAPL ) on

chip design

* Accenture ( ACN ) tumbles on trimming top-end of its FY revenue

forecast

* Data showed weekly jobless claims fell amid low layoffs

(Updates before market open)

By Twesha Dikshit and Joel Jose

June 18 (Reuters) - Wall Street's major indexes were poised

for a higher open on Thursday with technology shares leading

gains as optimism about a Middle East peace deal offset worries

about a hawkish Federal Reserve under new Chair Kevin Warsh.

Intel's ( INTC ) shares rose 8.8% in premarket trading after

U.S. President Donald Trump said Apple ( AAPL ) had agreed to

work with the company to design and manufacture its chips in the

United States.

Other chip stocks also moved higher. Nvidia ( NVDA ) rose

1.4%, while Micron and Marvell Technology ( MRVL ) added

5% and 5.9%, respectively.

All three major indexes sank in the previous session as

investors priced in the likelihood of more Federal Reserve rate

hikes, after Warsh underscored the need to curb inflation and

other policymakers signaled higher borrowing costs ahead.

It's the U.S.-Iran deal signing that "seems to be usurping

any negative sentiment brought about by a more hawkish Fed

yesterday," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B Riley

Wealth.

"Energy prices continue to trade lower. The potential for an

end to the war in Iran would certainly be a significant positive

and might even help bring down inflation over the long term."

Markets are currently pricing in a 50% chance of a

25-basis-point rate hike in September, according to CME Group's

FedWatch tool, higher than 27% priced in on Wednesday.

Oil prices slid to a more than three-month low, keeping alive

hopes that inflation could be tamed without hiking interest

rates.

Meanwhile, the United States and Iran released the text of an

interim agreement their presidents have signed to end the war.

It extends the April ceasefire by another 60 days to allow the

two sides to reach a final deal.

At 08:37 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 228 points, or

0.44%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 63.75 points, or 0.85%,

and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 475.25 points, or 1.6%.

Markets have regained ground from a slump in early June,

with a resilient economy, a broadening rally beyond tech shares

and optimism surrounding a U.S.-Iran deal boosting sentiment.

Weekly jobless claims data showed the number of Americans

filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week as

layoffs remained low.

The Nasdaq and the blue-chip Dow were on

track to end higher for a second consecutive week before

Friday's Juneteenth holiday.

Thursday also marks the once-in-a-quarter simultaneous

expiry of derivatives contracts tied to stocks, index options

and futures, also known as "triple witching", which can boost

trading volume and aggravate volatility.

Among other early movers, Rumble jumped 15.4% after

rebranding to RUM Group and closing its acquisition of German AI

cloud company Northern Data.

Kroger ( KR ) dropped 7.8% after the grocer reported a

lower-than-expected profit for the first quarter and kept its

annual forecasts unchanged.

Shares of Accenture ( ACN ) tumbled 16% afterthe company

trimmed the top end of its annual revenue forecast. It also

announced plans to acquire a majority stake in Dragos and fully

buy runZero and NetRise in a combined deal valued at $4.18

billion.

(Reporting by Twesha Dikshit and Joel Jose; Editing by Pooja

Desai and Devika Syamnath)