Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures pause as Wall Street braces for jobs report

US stock futures trod water on Wednesday as investors waited for the long-awaited January jobs report to help set expectations for interest-rate cuts. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) held just above the flatline, coming off a third straight record close. Contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) were also little changed on the heels of a losing day. Investors are focused on the "Super Bowl of jobs reports" — the delayed January nonfarm-payrolls update. After a brui ...