Nasdaq 100 futures gained about 1% in early Thursday trading after Nvidia Corp. issued a bullish sales outlook. Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress signaled strong sales growth in fiscal 2028, lifting Nvidia shares in after-hours trading and easing concerns about a slowdown in artificial-intelligence spending. Asian equity-index futures were mixed, with gains indicated in South Korea and declines in Japan and Australia. An $809 billion exchange-traded fund tracking the S&P 500 fluctuated after regular trading ended. Jay Goldberg, semiconductors and electronics senior analyst at Seaport Research Partners, discussed Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings and sales forecast on Bloomberg The Close.