Stock futures were rising Friday as investors waited for monthly U.S. inflation data and weighed up a series of developments on the trade front.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 72 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures were 0.3% higher, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 added 0.4%. All three of the major indexes rose on Thursday, putting them to the brink of new highs.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was unchanged at 4%, gold futures slipped 0.9% to $4,109 an ounce, and the dollar was up 0.1% against a weighted basket of its peers. West Texas Intermediate crude prices fell 0.3% to $61.58 a barrel.
