09:13 AM EDT, 08/14/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.1%, and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) advanced 0.3% in Friday's premarket activity, amid July retail sales data and rising oil prices.

US stock futures were mixed, with S&P 500 Index futures up 0.1%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipping 0.2%, and Nasdaq futures advancing 0.2% before the start of regular trading.

US retail sales declined by 0.6% in July, compared with the expectation for a 0.1% increase in a survey compiled by Bloomberg and following the previous month's revised 0.2% increase.

The business inventories data for June and the University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment reading for August will be released at 10:00 am ET.

In premarket action, bitcoin was down by 0.8%. Among cryptocurrency ETFs, the cryptocurrency fund ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) was 1.29% lower, Ether ETF (EETH) retreated 0.65%, and Bitcoin & Ether Market Cap Weight ETF (BETH) was 0.01% lower.

Power Play:

Health Care

The State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ) retreated 0.23%, the Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ( VHT ) was down 1.3%, while the iShares US Healthcare ETF ( IYH ) was inactive. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was inactive as well.

Heartflow (HTFL) stock advanced 24.8% after the company reported overnight a narrower-than-anticipated Q2 loss and a surge in revenue.

Winners and Losers:

Industrial

The State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLI ) rose 0.38%, while the Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ( VIS ) was 0.5% higher and the iShares US Industrials ETF ( IYJ ) was flat.

York Space Systems ( YSS ) stock was down more than 11.4% after the company reported a wider Q2 loss and cut its 2026 revenue guidance.

Financial

The State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) fell 0.09%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was down 0.29%, while its bearish counterpart, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ), was 0.2% higher.

Nu (NU) shares were up 15.3% after the company reported overnight a year-over-year surge in Q2 net income and revenue.

Consumer

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

Reddit ( RDDT ) advanced by 11% in pre-bell activity a day after S&P Dow Jones Indices said Reddit ( RDDT ) will join the S&P 500 before the opening of trading on Aug. 18.

Technology

The State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) was up 0.4%, the iShares US Technology ETF ( IYW ) was 0.6% higher, and the iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF ( IGM ) was down 0.2%. Among semiconductor ETFs, the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ) was 0.9% higher, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) rose by 0.3%.

Sandisk ( SNDK ) shares were up more than 6% after Wells Fargo and RBC lifted their price targets on the company.

Energy

The iShares US Energy ETF ( IYE ) was up 0.4%, while the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLE ) was up by 0.3%.

Energy Fuels ( UUUU ) stock was up more than 1% before the market opened after BMO Capital initiated the company with an outperform rating.

Commodities

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil gained by 0.6% to $81.71 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Natural gas was up 1.3% at $2.76 per 1 million British Thermal Units. The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) gained 0.5%, while the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was 1.2% higher.

Gold futures for November were up by 0.2% to $4,429.90 an ounce on the Comex. Silver futures advanced 0.2% to $65.12 an ounce. SPDR Gold Shares ( GLD ) gained by 0.5%, and the iShares Silver Trust ( SLV ) was 0.8% higher.