5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
Stock futures are little changed Friday as Wall Street digests mixed market signals, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average surging over 500 points Thursday while tech stocks extended losses amid ongoing artificial intelligence cost concerns. The Nasdaq Composite eked into positive territory on recovery rallies in CoreWeave and Micron Technology, but major tech names like Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel continued falling. The Dow is pacing for a 1% weekly gain while the Nasdaq is poised to lose more than 2%. Tesla unveiled its next-generation Roadster Thursday night, nearly a decade after deposits were first collected, with production slated for 2028. Apple and Meta announced a collaboration allowing Meta's Muse Spark AI model to run locally on premium Mac models.