Wall Street stocks rose on Friday, as Treasury yields eased and investors looked ahead to quarterly results from some of the big companies.
At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 103.2 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 42,477.51. The S&P 500 rose 16.9 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 5,826.75, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 97.1 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 18,512.577.
Crude oil
Oil prices ticked higher on Friday, amid simmering tensions in the Middle East.
Brent crude futures rose 76 cents, or 1.02 per cent, to $75.14 a barrel by 1214 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up 77 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $70.96.
Bullion
Gold prices fell on Friday on profit booking after a recent rally.
Spot gold eased 0.4 per cent to $2,724.50 per ounce by 1159 GMT.
Spot silver, which hit a 12-year-high of $34.87 earlier this week, fell 1.4 per cent to $33.23 per ounce.
