US stock futures made modest moves on Friday amid a fresh wave of earnings, after a powerful rally that pushed major indexes to fresh records.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) rose roughly 0.3%, while those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) nudged up 0.1%. But contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) slipped 0.1%, after Wall Street stocks closed out their best month since 2020.
Shares of Apple (AAPL) jumped 3% in premarket after the iPhone maker’s better-than-expected quarterly results. Faith in Big Tech has been stoked by a run of “Magnificent Seven” earnings reports this week, which have fueled optimism about the AI demand boom.
Investors fielded the latest results in a first quarter earnings season that is proving resilient so far. Moderna’s (MRNA) stock popped 7% before the bell after its revenue topped estimates thanks to surprisingly strong sales of its COVID vaccine overseas. Results from Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) are on deck.
Middle East concerns spurred gold (GC=F) and oil (CL=F, BZ=F) markets after President Trump vowed to keep up the US naval blockade on Iran. Despite volatility tied to that conflict, the three US major indexes have rebounded sharply and now sit comfortably above their levels at the start of 2026.
