Wall Street was on track to open with gains on Thursday as markets continue focus on corporate earnings amid the void of economic data due to the U.S. government shutdown.

Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.4% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones industrials ticked up 0.3%. Futures for the Nasdaq, where most big tech companies trade, were up 0.6%.

Gold prices continued to surge past record highs.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services soared more than 12% overnight after the freight company breezed past Wall Street's profit targets in the third quarter. The company credited its cost-cutting measures for an 8% increase in operating income.

Salesforce rose about 6% in premarket trading after the cloud-based software company upped its long-term annual revenue target to $60 billion b

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