By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were little changed in early APAC deals on Friday, after major benchmark indices finished the regular session higher after NATO leaders held crisis meetings in Brussels as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, with U.S. President Biden noting that the U.S. would respond if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine.
On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded by 349.44 points, or 1%, to close at 34,707.94. The S&P 500 added 1.4% to 4,520.16. The NASDAQ Composite rose 1.9% to 14,191.84.
Dow Jones Futures added 0.06%, the S&P 500 Futures eased 0.02% and Nasdaq 100 Futures fell 0.11%.
Among stocks, technology was mostly higher, as Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) eased 0.25%, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) added 0.15%, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) gained 1.54%, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) added 2.86%, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) lifted 2.27%, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) increased 2.38%, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rallied 9.82% and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) lifted 5.8%.
EV makers were higher as Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) added 1.48%, Rivian Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:RIVN) gained 6.08% and Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:LCID) added 1.35%.
Financials were mostly higher as JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) lifted 0.65%, Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) added 1.06%, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) eased 0.05%, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) gained 0.12%, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) added 0.41%, Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) lost 0.27% and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) gained 0.18%.
On the bond markets, United States 10-Year yields were at 2.37%.
Ahead in the session, market participants will be focused a fresh consumer sentiment reading as well as pending home sales data from February.