Futures loom as bitcoin, a possible catalyst for stock market woes, rebounded over the weekend. Watch Nvidia, Apple and Eli Lilly.

Shares of Dow Inc. rallied 5.97% to $22.20 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.98% to 6,602.99 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.

Major stock indexes closed sharply higher Friday, but nevertheless posted weekly losses on concerns about AI spending and valuations of big tech firms.

US stocks gave up early gains to end lower after economic and rate uncertainty topple strong earnings from AI darling Nvidia and retail giant Walmart.

Traders at first cheered Thursday morning, sending all three major stock indexes sharply higher. At one point, the Dow was up more than 700 points. But by late morning, the rally started to wear off, and sentiment – and markets – turned sharply negative by midday.

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More swings hit Wall Street, except it finished higher this time. After bobbing up and down Friday morning, the S&P 500 took off and rallied nearly 2% before finishing with a gain of 1%.

U.S. stock futures rose early Friday, offering relief after Thursdays steep tech-led selloff. Dow futures gained 0.43%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.31%, and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.17%. The rebound followed Nvidias strong Q3 FY26 results,

Home Depot now expects a slight increase in comparable 52-week sales growth but a 5% decline in adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS). For context, when Home Depot reported its fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 results in February, it guided for a 1% increase in comparable-sales growth and a 2% reduction in diluted EPS from $15.24 in 2023.

Shares of BJ's Wholesale climbed more than 2%, while Gap stock jumped 5.5%. Intuit shares climbed 3.5%, as Ross Stores gained 3%. Finally, Veeva stock plunged more than 7% in premarket action.