U.S. stock-index futures were mixed on Friday, with Nasdaq futures outperforming due to solid gains in Amazon (AMZN; +9.0%), Microsoft (MSFT; +3.4%) and Intel (INTC; +6.4%), buoyed by better-than-expected earnings reports. Investors also digested preliminary data on the U.S. Q1 GDP.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,467.87 | +148.26 | +0.66% |
| Hang Seng | 30,280.67 | +272.99 | +0.91% |
| Shanghai | 3,082.18 | +7.15 | +0.23% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,953.60 | +42.80 | +0.72% |
| FTSE | 7,487.72 | +66.29 | +0.89% |
| CAC | 5,470.32 | +16.74 | +0.31% |
| DAX | 12,613.41 | +112.94 | +0.90% |
| Crude | $67.93 | | -0.38% |
| Gold | $1,319.00 | | +0.08% |