U.S. stock futures rose on Friday. Dow Futures hit 47,542, up 0.11%. S&P 500 Futures touched 6,835, up 0.10%. Nasdaq Futures moved to 25,347.75, up 0.18%. Pre-market gainers were strong. SMX jumped 78.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -An outage at the world's biggest exchange operator, CME Group has halted trade on its popular currency platform and in futures spanning foreign exchange, commodities, Treasuries and stocks, freezing a handful of benchmarks as brokers pulled products.

Silver futures touched the highest intraday level on record Friday, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Strategists who shared commentary with MarketWatch said rising expectations for another Fed rate cut next month have helped push precious metals prices higher.

US stock futures slipped Tuesday as Dow fell 0.16%, S&P 500 eased, and Nasdaq 100 dipped 0.1% after techs biggest rebound since May. Nvidia dropped over 3% premarket after reports Meta may buy Googles AI TPUs,

Asian markets opened cautiously as US futures gained on rising Fed cut bets. However, BoJ hike speculation and strong Japanese data kept risk appetite in check.

A data center fault has halted trading of futures and options on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, triggering widespread frustration.

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Dow Jones futures rose slightly Thursday night, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures.The stock market rally had another solid broad advance. The major indexes moved further above their 50-day moving averages.