08:22 AM EDT, 04/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.3% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 0.3% higher in Friday's premarket activity as traders take positions amid corporate earnings release and monitor incoming macroeconomic data.

US stock futures were also higher, with S&P 500 Index futures up 0.2%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advancing 0.4%, and Nasdaq futures gaining 0.2% before the start of regular trading.

The Baker Hughes domestic oil-and-gas rig count will be released at 1 pm ET.

Federal Reserve San Francisco President Mary Daly, Richmond President Thomas Barkin and Governor Christopher Waller are slated to speak on Friday.

In premarket activity, bitcoin was up by 0.1%. Among cryptocurrency ETFs, the cryptocurrency fund ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) was 0.2% higher, Ether ETF (EETH) retreated 0.5%, and Bitcoin & Ether Market Cap Weight ETF (BETH) declined by 0.5%.

Power Play:

Consumer

The State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) was up 0.2% and the Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares (VDC) gained 0.7%. The iShares US Consumer Staples ETF ( IYK ) was flat. The State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) advanced 0.2%. The VanEck Retail ETF ( RTH ) was inactive, while the State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) was 0.04% higher.

Autoliv ( ALV ) shares were up more than 9% pre-bell after the company reported higher-than-expected Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue.

Winners and Losers:

Health Care

The State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ) advanced 0.6%, the Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ( VHT ) was up 1.3%, while the iShares US Healthcare ETF ( IYH ) gained 1.1%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was 0.2% higher.

Trevi Therapeutics ( TRVI ) stock was down more than 8% premarket after the company said late Thursday it priced a public offering of 11.6 million common shares at $13 each for about $150 million in gross proceeds.

Financial

The State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) advanced 0.3%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.8%, while its bearish counterpart, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ), was 0.9% lower.

Ally Financial ( ALLY ) shares were up more than 5% pre-bell after the company reported higher Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue.

Industrial

The State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLI ) advanced 0.4%, while the Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ( VIS ) rose 0.9% and the iShares US Industrials ETF ( IYJ ) was inactive.

JetBlue ( JBLU ) stock was up more than 1% before the opening bell after the company said Thursday it started daily seasonal flights connecting Boston and Barcelona.

Technology

The State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) advanced by 0.9%, and the iShares US Technology ETF ( IYW ) was 0.9% higher, while the iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF ( IGM ) was up 0.5%. Among semiconductor ETFs, the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ) rose 2.4% while the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) increased by 0.6%.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) shares were up more than 1% in Friday's premarket activity. Microsoft Italy and Expert.ai said they have entered into a collaboration to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence for enterprise use cases.

Energy

The iShares US Energy ETF ( IYE ) was down 0.3%, while the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLE ) retreated by 0.7%.

Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) stock was down nearly 1% before Friday's opening bell. Reuters reported Thursday that the company has withdrawn an offer to sell two initial cargoes of liquefied natural gas from its Golden Pass export plant in Texas.

Commodities

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell by 3.7% to $91.19 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Natural gas gained by 1.4% to reach $2.69 per 1 million British Thermal Units. The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) retreated by 2.9%, while the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was 0.6% higher.

Gold futures for May were up by 0.2% at $4,815.60 an ounce on the Comex. Silver futures gained by 1% to reach $79.49 an ounce. SPDR Gold Shares ( GLD ) was 0.2% higher, and the iShares Silver Trust ( SLV ) advanced by 1.1%.