07:00 AM EST, 01/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes edged down before Friday's opening bell as traders await the national employment situation report for December.

Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq declined 0.1% each in premarket activity, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was slightly in the red. Asian exchanges were trending downwards, while most European bourses were pointing higher midday on the continent.

The nonfarm payroll report for last month is scheduled for an 8:30 am ET release. Friday's economic calendar also has the preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment report for January at 10 am, followed by the weekly Baker Hughes domestic oil-and-gas rig count at 1 pm.

Constellation Brands ( STZ ) , Delta Air Lines ( DAL ) , TD Synnex ( SNX ) , Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ) , Neogen (NEOG) and Tilray Brands ( TLRY ) report their latest financial results before the bell, among others. WD-40 ( WDFC ) posts earnings after markets close.

Before the opening bell, bitcoin advanced 3.5% to $94,917, West Texas Intermediate crude oil gained 3% to $76.14 a barrel, yields on 10-year Treasuries increased 2.1 basis points to 4.7% and gold rose 0.7% to $2,711 an ounce.