US stocks trod water before the bell on Thursday as Wall Street waited for fresh jobless data to help calculate interest-rate odds amid uncertainty about Federal Reserve unity on policy. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) wobbled along the flatline, and those tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) lost 0.2%. Meanwhile, contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) nudged down 0.3%, after the major gauges closed lower for a second day. Markets are putting the brakes on stocks' recent record-breaking ...