Stock index futures were higher on Friday, in a holiday shortened week, as Wall Street came off from the Thanksgiving break. S&P 500 futures (SPX) +0.3%, Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) +0.5% and Dow futures (INDU) +0.

The major indexes fell before the Thanksgiving holiday due some tech turkeys, but came off lows. Nvidia stock fought back to hold key support.

Dow Jones futures rose modestly Thursday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. U.S. stock and bond markets are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.The stock market rally saw the major indexes fall Wednesday heading into Thanksgiving,

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