• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 71.61 points, or 0.31 percent, to 23,401.07, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 3.26 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,560.41 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 7.12 points, or 0.11 percent, to 6,556.77.
The Dow and S&P 500 advanced on Thursday after a round of positive corporate earnings announcements, but gains were curbed and the Nasdaq lost ground on a drop in the healthcare sector.
• Trump’s search for a new Federal Reserve chair narrowed down to Fed Governor Jerome Powell and Stanford University economist John Taylor, according to a Politico report. A White House official told Reuters that no final decision had been made.
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• Asian shares gained on Friday as technology shares were boosted by upbeat earnings from U.S. hi-tech giants while the euro hovered near three-month low against the dollar after the European Central Bank extended its stimulus.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 gained 0.6 percent while South Korea's Kospi .KS11 rose 0.2 percent and Australian shares rose 0.2 percent. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat in dollar terms. .MIAPJ0000PUS
• As third-quarter earnings season nears the half-way mark, 74 percent of U.S. companies have topped expectations, above the 72 percent beat rate for the past four quarters.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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