Stock futures are little changed Thursday as investors digest quarterly results from major companies and await further developments in President Donald Trump's feud with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Nvidia ( NVDA 4.08%) became the first company to reach $4 trillion in market cap on Wednesday -- an incredible feat considering the company was worth a fraction of tech giants Apple and Microsoft just a few years ago.

U.S. stock futures were flat in early Thursday trading, signaling a muted open as investors digest a wave of mixed economic data, fresh earnings results, and heightened political drama involving President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

In the early trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5% at 44,459.85. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.2% to 6,277.12, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.3% to 20,784.75.

Since the great recession of 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) has outperformed the Nasdaq Composite in just two of the last 13 years -- in 2011 and in 2016. The Nasdaq's outperformance ...

Dow Jones futures fell slightly overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. United AirlinesUAL reported mixed results late Wednesday. NvidiaNVDA chipmaker Taiwan SemiconductorTSM headline earnings early Thursday with NetflixNFLX due after the close.