US STOCKS-Futures near record on trade deal, robust earnings <!-- no image --> <div>U.S. stock index futures hovered near all-time highs on Thursday on optimism over an initial U.S.-China trade deal and a positive start to the fourth-quarter earnings season.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=L1ZlFo-e2pQ:SPlZx40o8_k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=L1ZlFo-e2pQ:SPlZx40o8_k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=L1ZlFo-e2pQ:SPlZx40o8_k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=L1ZlFo-e2pQ:SPlZx40o8_k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=L1ZlFo-e2pQ:SPlZx40o8_k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/L1ZlFo-e2pQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters