With traders digesting the latest U.S. economic data, stocks may show a lack of direction in early trading on Thursday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a roughly flat open for the , with the S&P 500 futures up by less than a tenth of a percent.The futures had been pointing a modestly higher open for the markets but gave back ground following the release of separate reports on consumer price inflation and weekly jobless claims.A closely watched Labor Department report showed U.S. consumer ...