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Ratings agency Moody's maintained the US's top-notch "Aaa" credit rating Thursday, saying, "The diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the US economy, along with the US dollar's status as the pre-eminent international reserve currency and very large size and depth of the US Treasury market, offset rising fiscal pressures stemming from aging-related entitlement spending, higher debt service payments, and recent policy actions that will likely reduce future revenues and increase expenditures."

Total crude steel production hit 148.3 million tonnes in March, surpassing the previous record of 144.5 million tonnes set in January, World Steel Association data showed Thursday.

"The bank will scale back activities in US Rates sales and trading, shrinking the balance sheet, leverage exposure and repo financing while remaining committed to its European business, which given its scale and relevance to our client base generates more attractive returns," Deutsche Bank said.

Speaking in Germany, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said his company has a duty to educate regulators, but will work with whatever new constraints it is given - even if they damage its business model.

The social-media giant earned $1.69 a share on revenue of $11.9 billion, easily beating the $1.35 and $11.4 billion that analysts were expecting. The number of monthly active users jumped 13% to 2.2 billion.

The burrito chain announced earnings, revenue, and same-store sales that came in above Wall Street expectations.

Shares spiked more than 7% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the chip maker beat on both the top and bottom lines and gave strong second-quarter guidance.

China's Shanghai Composite (-1.38%) led the losses in Asia and France's CAC (+0.45%) paces the gains in Europe. The S&P 500 is set to open up 0.39% near 2,650.

American Airlines, CME Group, Domino's Pizza, and UPS are among the names reporting ahead of the opening bell while Intel, Microsoft, Starbucks, and US Steel are set to release their quarterly results after markets close.

Initial claims and durable goods will both be released at 8:30 a.m. The US 10-year yield is down 2 basis points at 3%.