Wall Street slightly up

The Dow Jones rose 0.24 percent to 42,967.62 points, the S&P 500 rose 0.38 percent to 6,045.26 points and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.24 percent to 19,662.48 points.

Nineteen of the 30 companies on the Dow Jones index rose. Boeing fell the most, with shares down 4.79 percent. This was due to the crash of a 787 Dreamliner in India, which claimed the lives of over 200 people. It was the first major aviation accident involving this model in history.

Eight of the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 ended the session with gains. The best performers were utilities (+1.26%), while the worst performers were communication services (-0.59%). After Thursday's gain, the S&P 500 is about 2% below its February record.

Lower-than-expected producer inflation data helped ease investor concerns about price pressures from tariffs, while slightly higher-than-expected jobless claims boosted expectations that the Fed will cut interest rates.

Among the companies making up the so-called Magnificent Seven, the largest increase was recorded by Nvidia (+1.52%), while the largest decrease was recorded by Tesla (-2.42%).

The positive hero of the session was software producer Oracle, whose shares rose by 13.31 percent to a record level of USD 199.86. This is the result of the publication of a forecast in which the company assumes a 70 percent increase in sales of cloud services this fiscal year.

Spot gold rose 1% to $3,388.33 an ounce on uncertainty about the situation in the Middle East and the debate over interest rates. Brent crude futures fell 0.6% to $69.36 a barrel, while WTI crude futures fell 0.2% to $67.97 a barrel. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes fell seven basis points to 4.35%.