U.S. stock futures rise ahead of Powell speech and jobs data, Salesforce shares surge on strong earnings and improved outlook, and Palantir stock adds to all-time highs as product suite is approved for government use.

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. New momentum. Stock futures were higher Wednesday morning after both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite

U.S. job openings increased solidly in October while layoffs dropped by the most in 1-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion.

US job openings increased to 7.74 million from a revised 7.37 million reading in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as JOLTS, showed. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 7.

The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 3 1/2 year low in September, a sign that businesses are still seeking workers even though hiring has cooled