The major averages are higher on Friday, in a holiday shortened week, as Wall Street came off from the Thanksgiving break. The S&P 500 (SP500) was +0.4%, the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) was +0.6%, and the Dow (DJI) was +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,

Asian shares are mixed after U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. The yen gained against the dollar.

Shares were mixed Thursday in Asia after stocks on Wall Street retreated, weighed down by losses for technology shares. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.7% to 38,400.00 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.

Technology stocks helped pull stocks lower on Wall Street Wednesday, handing the market its first loss in more than a week. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, even though more stocks in the index notched gains than ended lower.