(Reuters) -Wall Street futures held steady on Friday as investors took a breather following record closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in the previous session and awaited clarity on trade negotiations ahead of next week's tariff deadline.

Trade tensions, weaker-than-expected housing data and a mixed bag of earnings results didn’t keep the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite from hitting new records on Thursday. The S&P 500 added less than 0.1% for its fourth consecutive record,