Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures edge up after jobs report, with Powell on deck

US stock futures ticked higher on Friday as Wall Street assessed the crucial monthly jobs report amid market uncertainty driven by President Donald Trump’s volatile trade policy. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) were up 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures (ES=F) gained 0.3%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) were up 0.5% after closing in correction territory on Thursday. US nonfarm-payrolls add 151,000 jobs last month, slightly less than the 160,000 expected by economists while the unemployment rate ticked up from 4% to to 4.1%. The stakes were high for February’s job report later on Friday, as stocks flounder amid…