U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday, as Wall Street looked to wrap up another week of gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 266 points, or 0.6%. Aiding Dow futures was a 12% surge in UnitedHealth after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management revealed they bought stock in the insurance giant during the second quarter. S&P 500 futures added 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.1%. Intel gained more than 3% following a Bloomberg report that the Trump administration is in discussions to have the U.S. government take a stake. Investors on Friday will monitor July’s retail sales data, which should provide another glimpse at consumer sentiment. Dow Jones consensus estimates call for an uptick of 0.5%, versus last month’s rise of 0.6%. For the week, the major averages were headed for solid gains. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained more than 1% week to date as of Thursday’s close, thanks to new consumer inflation data that raised hopes for a Federal Reserve rate cut next month. Those expectations took a hit on Thursday, however, after a much hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation report. Stocks initially fell during the session but managed to recover most of their losses, with the S&P 500 eking out a fresh record closing high. “I don’t think that one data point is enough to change a thesis around the trajectory of inflation,” said Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors. “Our base case remains that this is going to ultimately be viewed as transitory by the market.” U.S. Treasury yields held steady overnight, as bond market investors await key import price and retail sales data. The 2-year Treasury yield was flat at 3.73%. The benchmark 10-year note yield also remained in place at 4.29%. Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Friday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark rose 0.67%, while the broader Topix index added 0.99%, as of 8:08 a.m. Singapore time (8:08 p.m. ET Thursday). Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark climbed 0.12%. South Korea markets were closed for the holidays. Oil prices fell on Friday as traders awaited talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, which some expect could lead to an easing of the sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine war. Brent crude futures fell 50 cents, or 0.8%, to $66.34 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures declined 57 cents, or 0.9%, to $63.39. Gold prices edged higher on Friday, buoyed by a weaker dollar, but were poised for a weekly decline after hotter-than-expected U.S. producer price data dampened prospects for a super-sized September rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $3,340.59 per ounce. Bullion has lost 1.7% for the week. U.S. gold futures for December delivery edged up 0.1% to $3,387.50. The U.S. dollar index fell 0.4%, making gold less expensive for other currency holders.