By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures traded slightly higher in early APAC deals on Friday ahead of the final session of 2021, after major benchmark averages declined during Thursday’s trade, retreating from near record highs as the Dow snapped a six-day winning streak.
The Dow shed about 90.55 points or 0.25% to 36398.09. The S&P 500 dipped 14.31 points or 0.3% to 4778.74, easing from record highs touched in the previous session, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 24.65 points or 0.16% to 15741.56.
Dow Jones 30 Futures added 0.03%, while S&P 500 Futures inched 0.07% higher and Nasdaq 100 Futures rose 0.08%.
Among stocks, cruise line stocks took a hit on Thursday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Americans avoid taking cruises, with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) down 2.59% and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) falling 1.25%.
Tech stocks finished mixed with Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) up 0.41%, 2.16% and 3.98% respectively, while Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) fell 0.77%, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) lost 0.33%, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) dipped 0.66% and Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) shed 0.31%.
EV makers were also mixed as Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) lost 1.46% while Rivian Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:RIVN) and Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:LCID) surged 4.11% and 4.81% respectively.
On the bond markets, United States 10-Year yields were near 3-week highs of 1.507%.
Among data, jobless claims for last week came in at 198,000, lower than analysts’ expectations of 205,000.