All the three major US stock indices edged higher during the early minutes of trade on Friday as S&P 500 rose 0.35%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.37%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also climbed 0.3%.
Among the stocks that gained in early trade were Apple Inc., Boeing Co. and Walmart Inc. Stocks like McDonald's Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. dipped in the early minutes of trade.
Among the 11 S&P 500 sectoral indices, five were trading lower, while six traded higher against the previous day's close. The gains were led by utilities, real estate and materials.
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As the US market opened, spot gold was trading 0.32% lower at $3,385.46, and Brent crude oil was trading 0.90% higher at $67.03.
The Bloomberg Dollar Index changed slightly while the British pound changed marginally to $1.3434, while the Japanese yen fell 0.4% to 147.79 per dollar.
Bitcoin, the largest traded cryptocurrency, slipped 0.3% to $116,895.08.
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