Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures waver as Nvidia tumult deepens Grace O'Donnell · Editor, Special Projects Fri, November 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM EST 1 min read NVDA +2.86% ^IXIC -0.39% ^DJI -0.36% ^GSPC -0.35% CL=F -0.61% Trade NVIDIA on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
US stock futures held steady on Friday as a bumpy week didn't prevent the major averages from pacing for weekly gains.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose 0.2%, while those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) gained 0.1%. The Nasdaq-100 (NQ=F) traded near the flat line.
While stocks slipped on Thursday, they have largely held firm against a series of tremors from Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang stepping down to rising oil prices and a sell-off in government bonds.
Nvidia stock traded higher on Friday as the fallout from Huang's affairs continued to unfold, raising the stakes for the company's third quarter earnings next Tuesday. Chipmaker sector stocks declined further in premarket trading.
Oil prices were little changed, providing some relief after a spike in prices sparked Thursday's sell-off in bonds. As traders braced for an interest rate hike in December, the 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) reached 5.10% on Thursday, its highest level since October.
On the economic calendar, the producer price index readings will provide a gauge of wholesale inflation in October.
Nvidia (NVDA) stock went into free fall Thursday as CEO Jensen Huang stepped down, and retail investors were there to catch it. The question now is whether they bought the bottom or just the first leg down.
Huang resigned as Nvidia's CEO after reports of two affairs, and CFO Colette Kress is stepping in as interim CEO. The stock fell as much as 14% at the open to its lowest level since June 2025, then clawed back nearly three-quarters of it to close down about 4%. Nvidia reports earnings Tuesday with no permanent CEO in sight.
Small investors bought a net $111 million of Nvidia stock in the first 30 minutes of trading. According to Vanda Research, that was the stock's biggest opening on record and more than 40 times a normal start. Nvidia has soaked up 61% of all retail buying in US stocks and ETFs this week. Money also poured into leveraged funds betting on Nvidia gains, while funds betting against it drew nothing.
"This is very much a one-way flow story for retail," Vanda wrote.
Mike Zaccardi, a CFA and CMT, called it "one of the more epic 'buy the news' events in history" on X.
Economic data: Producer Price Index (PPI) monthly gains for October (0.4% expected, 1.3% previous), Core PPI (0.3% expected, 0.7% previous)
Earnings calendar: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group (CMTDF), Cosan (CSAN), RLX Technology (RLX), Twenty One Capital (XXI), Inhibrx Biosciences (INBX), Americas Gold and Silver (USAS), Talon Metals (TLOFF), Lithium Americas (LAC), Suncrete (RMIX), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Entera Bio (ENTX), SBC Medical Group Holdings (SBC), Gravity (GRVY), Costamare Bulkers Holdings (CMDB)
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