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Reuters - UK Focus

* Futures up: Dow 64 pts, S&P 8 pts, Nasdaq 17 pts

By Tanya Agrawal

Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . stock index futures were higher on Thursday but investors remained wary of taking big positions a day before the release of the monthly jobs report, which may be a critical factor in the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.

* The Fed has said it will raise rates when it sees sustained economic recovery. But while the labor market has strengthened, inflation remains below the Fed's 2 percent target.

* Weekly jobs data, scheduled to be released at 8:30 a.m. ET (1230 GMT) on Thursday, is expected to show that jobless claims increased by 4,000 to 275,000 last week.

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* Near-zero rates allowed the stock market stage a spectacular bull-run since the financial crisis.

* Some investors believe that the bout of recent market volatility caused by concerns about China's slowing economy might force the Fed to hold back on a rate hike until the end of the year. The Fed next meets on Sept. 16-17.

* U.S. investors have endured over two weeks of unusually volatile trade that left the S&P 500 with its biggest monthly drop in three years in August.

* In other data to be released on Thursday, trade deficit is expected to have narrowed in July to $42.4 billion from $43.8 billion in June.

* Global markets got some respite from the recent turbulence as Chinese markets remain shut on Thursday and Friday due to public holidays.

* Joy Global (NYSE: JOY - news) shares were down 4.3 percent at $21.17 in premarket trading after the mining equipment maker reported a fall in quarterly profit and cut its full-year forecast.

* Tesla was up 2.7 percent at $254.53 after the company said it would begin delivering its first luxury electric crossovers, the Model X Signature series, on Sept. 29.

Futures snapshot at 7:05 a.m. ET:

* S&P 500 e-minis were up 7.5 points, or 0.39 percent, with 149,792 contracts traded.

* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 17 points, or 0.4 percent, on volume of 25,919 contracts.

* Dow e-minis were up 64 points, or 0.39 percent, with 20,329 contracts changing hands. (Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)