Major US indices open the last day of the week higher

Major indices are trading higher in early US trading. Gains in major indices are in the 0.3% range.

Eight minutes after opening:

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 114.82 points, or 0.29%, to 39,180.09 points.
• The Standard & Poor's index rose 17.97 points, or 0.34%, to 5,285.82 points.
• The Nasdaq index rose 44.07 points, or 0.26%, to 16,780.11 points.

The small-cap Russell 2000 index is currently trading up 12.92 points, or 0.63%, at 2,061.33.

For the trading week:

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -2.14%. This would interrupt a five-week lead.
• The S&P fell -0.30%. It's been on a four-week uptrend.
• The Nasdaq is up 0.73% and the gain this week would be the fifth weekly advance in a row

In the US debt market, yields rose by about 2.0 basis points

• The two-year yield is 4.952%, +2.0 basis points
• 5-year yield 4.549%, +2.3 basis points
• 10-year yield 4.494%, +2.0 basis points
• 30-year yield 4.597%, +1.9 basis points

Nvidia shares are trading above and below unchanged after rising sharply yesterday on its earnings and the announcement of a 10-for-1 stock split.

• Introductory platforms, +0.22%
• Amazon, +0.42%
• Microsoft, -0.42%
• Apple +0.72%
• Palo Alto Networks, +1.92%
• Tesla, +0.96%
• Netflix, +1.29%
• Service Now, -2.06%
• Intuit (after earnings) -7.88%
• Micron, +0.75%
• Dell, +2.93%

Crude oil is trading up about 50%, or 0.64%, at $77.35.

The price of gold rose by $12.47, or 0.54%, to $2,341.30.

Bitcoin is trading flat at $67,300 and Ethereum is trading at $3,701 (versus $3,716 at the start of the US session).