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S&P 500 futures were relatively unchanged on Friday, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose, boosted by Apple shares, as a new month of trading gets underway.
Futures for the 30-stock index shot higher 122 points, or 0.2%, to 49,957.
Futures for the much broader advanced 9.25 points, or 0.1%, to 7,253
Futures for the NASDAQ dropped 48.25 points, or 0.2%, to 27,547.75.
Shares of Apple climbed more than 3% in premarket trading after the consumer tech giant posted a fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue beat.
Not only that, the company’s revenue outlook for the current quarter was better than expected, overshadowing the fact that iPhone revenue fell short of estimates for the second time in three quarters.
Roku shares popped 7% after posting first-quarter revenue of $1.25 billion, beating the expected $1.20 billion. The company’s $148.4 million adjusted EBITDA was also ahead of estimates calling for $131.3 million.
The moves come after a record-setting trading session, with the S&P 500 closing above the 7,200 threshold for the first time ever. That helped both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ — which also notched a new record closing high — secure their strongest monthly performances since 2020.
The Dow, meanwhile, saw its strongest monthly performance since November 2024.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.4%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong joined much of the rest of the region on holiday.
Oil prices faltered 72 cents to $104.35 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices sagged $43.40 to $4,586.20 U.S an ounce.
