U.S. stock-index futures were flat on Friday, following the stocks' rally in the previous session, bolstered by eased concerns that the Federal Reserve might have to be more aggressive in raising interest rates.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,758.48 | +261.30 | +1.16% |
| Hang Seng | 31,122.06 | +312.84 | +1.02% |
| Shanghai | 3,162.85 | -11.56 | -0.36% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,116.20 | -2.50 | -0.04% |
| FTSE | 7,702.63 | +1.66 | +0.02% |
| CAC | 5,532.89 | -13.06 | -0.24% |
| DAX | 12,979.57 | -43.30 | -0.33% |
| Crude | $71.39 | | +0.04% |
| Gold | $1,325.60 | | +0.25% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 205 | -0.03(-0.01%) | 100 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 55.91 | -0.13(-0.23%) | 1343 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,610.40 | 1.32(0.08%) | 20791 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 32.05 | 0.17(0.53%) | 39428 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 13.6 | 0.07(0.52%) | 6177 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 344.52 | 0.45(0.13%) | 3794 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 153.85 | -0.12(-0.08%) | 1897 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 128.87 | 0.05(0.04%) | 182 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 46.38 | 0.08(0.17%) | 10322 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 72.61 | 0.04(0.06%) | 1962 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 146.45 | -0.16(-0.11%) | 303 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 81.23 | 0.33(0.41%) | 19713 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 185.22 | -0.31(-0.17%) | 49042 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 11.23 | 0.02(0.18%) | 23334 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 16.36 | 0.14(0.86%) | 18226 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 14.72 | 0.03(0.20%) | 109038 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 37.2 | 0.04(0.11%) | 230 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 244.75 | 1.31(0.54%) | 345 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,095.00 | -2.57(-0.23%) | 7578 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 187.35 | 0.19(0.10%) | 2601 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 54.71 | -0.27(-0.49%) | 11710 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 144 | -0.24(-0.17%) | 2748 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 114.28 | -0.01(-0.01%) | 1304 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 97.95 | 0.04(0.04%) | 42439 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 35.13 | 0.09(0.26%) | 609 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 73.46 | 0.31(0.42%) | 4582 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 304.9 | -0.12(-0.04%) | 37233 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 32.8 | -0.07(-0.21%) | 77264 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 233 | -0.71(-0.30%) | 989 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 47.95 | 0.75(1.59%) | 73791 |
| Visa | V | 131.05 | 0.05(0.04%) | 1648 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 82.7 | 0.01(0.01%) | 12329 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 101.45 | -0.23(-0.23%) | 1268 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 35.5 | 0.23(0.65%) | 7800 |
Verizon (VZ) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan
European stocks broke a four-day winning run on Thursday, with Italian shares dragging the benchmark index lower as euroskeptic parties moved closer to form a coalition government. Several European markets were closed for Ascension Day, including Switzerland, Austria, the Nordics and Greece.
The Asia-Pacific continued the week's global stock rebound, following fresh gains in the U.S. as worries ease about higher interest rates. A number of indexes are set to cap their best week in months, coming as oil prices jumped to fresh 3 ½-year highs in recent days.
U.S. stocks closed solidly higher on Thursday, with equities advancing in a broad rally that gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average its longest winning streak since February.