On a lean day of economic announcements, investors might be focusing on geopolitical development. Asian shares finished mostly lower, while European shares are broadly down.
In the Asian trading session, the dollar steadied near two-week lows, while gold dipped below $3,360 per ounce. Oil prices were up.
Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open moderately higher.

As of 8.10 am ET, the Dow futures were gaining 37.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 4.75 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were tumbling 9.75 points.

The U.S. major averages finished broadly up on Thursday. The Dow stumbled 316.38 points or 0.70 percent to finish at 44,693.91, while the NASDAQ gained 37.94 points or 0.18 percent to close ar 21,057.96 and the S&P 500 rose 4.44 points or 0.07 percent to end at 6,363.35.

On the economic front, the Durable Goods Orders for June will be released at 8.30 am ET. The consensus is for a decline of 11.00 percent, while it was up 16.4 percent in May.

The Baker Hughes Rig Count for the week will be issued at 1.00 pm ET. In the prior week, the North America rig count was 716, the U.S. rig count was 544.

Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Friday. China's Shanghai Composite index slid 0.33 percent to 3,593.66. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.09 percent to 25,388.35.

Japanese markets fell notably. The Nikkei average dropped 0.88 percent to 41,456.23 while the broader Topix index, closed 0.86 percent lower at 2,951.86.

Australian markets ended lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.49 percent to 8,666.90 while the broader All Ordinaries index settled half a percent lower at 8,934.30.