Wall Street’s market averages trade higher on Thursday, as investors digested fresh data on retail sales and jobless claims.

Wells Fargo has suspended all travel to China after a banker was blocked from leaving the country, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

A U.S.-based Wells Fargo banker who works in trade financing has been blocked from leaving China after traveling there recently, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Wall Street futures are trading little changed at this hour in the premarket session on Thursday (July 17). Dow Jones futures ...