09:25 AM EDT, 09/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US stocks look set to open slightly higher in Friday's trading session after equities hit record highs on Thursday, and ahead of key oil price data and a speech from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President and Chief Executive Mary Daly later in the day

The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 0.20%, S&P 500 futures gained 0.2%, and Nasdaq futures were rising 0.2%.

Oil prices were moving lower, with front-month global benchmarks Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate crude declining 0.6% and 0.7% respectively.

In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei declined 0.57%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was unchanged, and China's Shanghai Composite lost 0.30%. Meanwhile in Europe's early afternoon session, the UK's FTSE 100 was up 0.16%, while Germany's DAX was up 0.01% and France's CAC 40 gained 0.32%.

The Baker Hughes oil rig and total rig count, which gauges oil and gas production activity and the state of the energy sector, will be released at 1:00 pm ET

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President and Chief Executive Officer Mary Daly will be speaking 2:30 pm ET. Investors will be parsing her words for any indication of future Fed movements.

In equities, shares of AGM Group ( AGMH ) soared 227% after a nearly 6% loss on Thursday. AlphaVest Acquisition's ( ATMV ) stock jumped 52%, adding to a 13% gain the previous session. And shares of FatPipe ( FATN ) advanced 14% after a slight gain Thursday.

On the losing side, shares of Scholastic (SCHL) dropped 12% after it reported after market hours Thursday that its Q1 loss widened more than expected, while revenue also fell short of forecasts. Shares of AquaBounty Technologies (AQB) also fell 9% after surging 31% the previous session. And shares of Hess Midstream (HESM) dropped 10% after Wells Fargo downgraded the company's stock to equalweight from overweight and cut its price target to $39 from $48 a share.