U.S. Stock Market futures are up in Friday morning pre-market. Check factors that will drive S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq today

U.S. stock market indexes futures today advanced in the early morning pre-market trading. On Friday, U.S. S&P 500 e-mini futures up 0.28 per cent, Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.46 per cent, Dow Jones futures up 0.12 per cent. This comes even as oil prices have slipped.

U.S. Stock Market Factors to Watch Out on Friday

The frenzy around AI has sent Nvidia and other superstar stocks to dizzying heights, stirring criticism that their prices had shot too high. Nvidia rose 2.1 per cent on Thursday after TSMC’s Chief Financial Officer Wendell Huang said it’s seeing “continued strong demand” in an encouraging signal for the entire AI industry.

TSMC’s stock that trades in the United States rose 4.4 per cent on Thursday. Wall Street steadied on Thursday as stocks related to artificial-intelligence bounced back.

The S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.6 per cent. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.2 per cent to 23,530.02. Easing oil prices also helped to calm investors’ jitters.

Early Friday, a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude cost $59.21, up 14 cents from a day earlier. It sank 4.6 per cent on Thursday after Trump said he had heard “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran had stopped amid widespread protests against the country’s leadership.
Brent crude, the international standard, added 10 cents to $63.86 per barrel. It dropped 4.1% on Thursday.Financial markets took Trump’s comments about Iran as a signal that tensions flaring above some of the world’s largest oil deposits could ease, which in turn could lower the possibility of disruptions to oil supplies.

Earnings reporting season for big U.S. companies continued to pick up pace, meanwhile, with several more big financial companies delivering their results for the last three months of 2025.

BlackRock, the giant that’s now overseeing more than $14 trillion in investments, rose 5.9 per cent after reporting stronger profit and revenue than analysts expected.

Encouraging reports on the U.S. economy contributed to the upbeat mood. One said fewer workers applied for unemployment benefits last week in an indication layoffs may be slowing. Other reports said manufacturing was significantly stronger in the mid-Atlantic region and in New York state than economists had forecast.

The stronger-than-expected data on the U.S. economy helped stocks of smaller companies to lead the market. Their profits can be tied more closely to the strength of the U.S. economy than their bigger, multinational rivals, and the Russell 2000 index rose 0.9 per cent.