Nasdaq 100 futures rose on Friday, lifted by Oracle, as the artificial intelligence trade looks to regain its footing after recent volatility. Nasdaq 100 futures increased 0.2%, while S&P 500 futures traded 0.1% higher. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22 points, or 0.1%. In premarket trading, Oracle shares up more than 4% after TikTok agreed to sell its U.S. operations to a new joint venture that includes the software giant and private equity investor Silver Lake. The jump marks a turnaround the for the stock, which has been a focal point of concern among investors this week after a report revealed that the cloud infrastructure company lost a key backer of one of its data center projects. That dragged down other stocks linked to the AI trade, including names such as Broadcom and Advanced Micro Devices. Week to date, Oracle shares have fallen more than 5%. Elsewhere in the space, shares of AI chip darling Nvidia rose about 1% in the premarket after Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported that the Trump administration is reviewing the prospect of the company selling its advanced AI chips to China. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said that he will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 AI chips to “approved customers” in the country. Additionally, Micron Technology shares extended their gains from the previous session, rising more than 1%. The stock surged 10% on Thursday the company gave robust guidance for revenues in the current quarter, saying that “demand is substantially higher than supply for the foreseeable future.” The results reassured investors after recent sessions were swamped with jitters over the AI trade, which is now looking to end the year on a strong note. To be sure, semiconductor stocks remain about 8% below their highs. Meanwhile, Nike shares slid more than 11% as the sports apparel giant saw revenue in its Greater China market decline during the fiscal second quarter. The company is also feeling the pain of tariff increases, noting a hit to its gross margins due to the levies. Friday could see volatile market activity as options on four types of securities are set to expire on the same day, an event known as “quadruple witching.” More than $7.1 trillion in notional options exposure is set to expire this Friday, making it the largest options expiration on record, according to Goldman Sachs. This comes after the S&P 500 and the Dow both snapped their four-day losing streaks in the previous session. The Nasdaq Composite also rose, gaining 1.4%, as several tech stocks recouped losses from the day before. Notably, Each of the Magnificent Seven stocks closed Thursday in the green. “The significance and timing of the returns on AI investment remain uncertain,” Magdalena Ocampo, market strategist at Principal Asset Management, wrote in a note to clients. “However, monetary easing, fiscal policy, and easing trade uncertainty, combined with AI spending as a new growth engine, point to a more favorable macro backdrop in 2026. The result could be an equity rally that expands from just a handful of dominant AI leaders to a broader group, particularly those with tangible gains from AI adoption.” This week, the S&P 500 and 30-stock Dow are down about 0.8% and 1%, respectively. The Nasdaq is down 0.8% week to date. U.S. Treasury yields were higher on Friday as investors digested a tame inflation print and awaited more economic data to end the week. The 10-year Treasury yield rose more than 3 basis points to 4.149%, while the 2-year Treasury yield was up more than 1 basis point at 3.477%. The 30-year Treasury bond yield rose more than 3 basis points to 4.835%. Japan equities and bond yields jumped after the central bank raised its policy rate to a three-decade high. The decision comes as inflation has stayed above its target levels for nearly four years now. The Bank of Japan raised benchmark rates by 25 basis points to 0.75%, their highest level since 1995, and in line with expectations of economists polled by Reuters. Japan’s Nikkei 225 advanced 1.03% to close at 49,507.21, while the Topix was 0.8% higher, ending the trading day at 3,383.66. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.65% to 4,020.55 and the small-cap Kosdaq jumped 1.55% to 915.27. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.39% to 8,621.4. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.59%, while the mainland CSI 300 was up 0.34% to close at 4,568.18. India’s Nifty 50 rose 0.5%. U.S. crude oil prices were stable on Friday after President Donald Trump told NBC News that he will not rule out war with OPEC member Venezuela. “I don’t rule it out, no,” Trump told the news outlet in a phone interview. He declined to say whether overthrowing President Nicolas Maduro is his goal. The oil market right now is not indicating a major risk of a supply disruption. U.S. crude oil rose 29 cents, or 0.5%, to $56.44 per barrel, while global benchmark Brent was up 31 cents, or 0.5% to $60.31. The U.S. benchmark fell to four year lows earlier this week as traders priced in the possibility of a peace agreement in Ukraine that would bring more Russian crude into a well supplied market. Gold prices edged lower on Friday, pressured by a stronger dollar ‍and year-end investor positioning, but ‍were poised to end ‍the week higher as softer U.S. inflation data boosted bets of interest rate cuts. Spot gold fell 0.1% to $4,326.29 an ounce, but was set ‌to ‌log a weekly gain of 0.6%, having climbed back ​to near record highs hit in October. U.S. gold futures fell 0.2% to $4,354.80. Spot silver added 0.7% to $65.90 an ounce, set to end the week 6% higher after scaling an all-time peak of $66.88 ⁠on Wednesday. Silver has gained 128% year-to-date on stronger industrial demand, and has outperformed gold, which has logged a 65% annual rise so far this year. The dollar rose to over one-week highs, making greenback-priced bullion more expensive for other currency holders.