S&P 500 futures rose slightly on Friday, as traders headed for a mostly losing week amid declines in tech and artificial intelligence-related names. Futures tied to the broad market average traded 0.2% higher, while Nasdaq-100 futures teetered around the flat line. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 61 points, or 0.1%. Tesla shares rose 3% after the electric vehicle maker unveiled its next-generation roadster. To be sure, the model won’t go into production until 2028. Chipmakers were lower again, however. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) shed 0.7%, led by declines in Micron, AMD, and Sandisk. Semiconductors have struggled this week amid jitters about competition from China. The SMH is down 7.4% week to date heading into Friday’s open. Those declines, coupled with drops in other stocks linked to artificial intelligence, put the S&P 500 on pace for a losing week. The benchmark index is down 0.9% this week, while the Nasdaq has shed 2.4%. “One of the real challenges we’ve had in AI and technology overall for the last six to 12 months is that so much of what’s happening is happening in private markets,” Jeff Richards, managing partner at Notable Capital, told CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Thursday. He noted that AI-linked companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, among others, going public could help assuage investor concerns. “Once we get more of the information out there—analyst coverage, detailed information on core metrics—into the market over the course of ’27, I think a lot of those fears will ease,” he said. Outside of tech, investors have been grappling with hotter-than-expected inflation data, which has been exacerbated by elevated energy prices in the wake of the U.S.-Iran war. Wholesale inflation this week saw its biggest gain since 2022, while consumer inflation remained well above the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh spoke at an IMF event in Bangkok overnight. And while he didn’t comment on whether the Fed would raise rates before year-end, traders took that as a sign that the central bank will hold policy steady later this month. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool points to an 85% chance the Fed keeps its overnight rate unchanged at its Oct. 27-28 meeting. U.S. Treasury yields were mixed on Friday as investors weighed hotter-than-expected inflation data and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s latest comments on interest rates. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose 3 basis points to 5.119%, and the 30-year Treasury bond yield advanced 3 basis points to 5.457%. The 2-year Treasury note yield was flat at 4.749%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 1.39% higher at 65,324.29, while South Korea’s Kospi rose 2.05% to 5,668.05. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 gained 1% to 8,806.70. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was up 0.51% in the last hour of trade on Friday, while mainland China’s CSI 300 closed 0.11% higher at 4,170.61. Oil prices fell on Friday but were ​heading for weekly gains on uncertainty over Middle East supplies and a larger-than-expected draw from US ‌crude stockpiles, while European diesel margins dropped following the IEA’s decision to release more diesel. Brent crude futures were down 78 cents, or 0.74%, at $105.14 a barrel at 0927 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 99 cents, or 1%, to $96.98. Gold edged up on ​Friday as a softer dollar ​lent support, while ​market participants focused on the US Federal Reserve’s future policy trajectory. Spot gold rose 0.3% to $4,184.34 per ounce but was down 0.2% so far in ⁠the ‌week. US gold futures for December delivery rose ⁠0.9% to $4,205.70 per ounce. The US dollar headed for its first weekly fall in five weeks, making greenback-priced bullion more affordable for holders of other currencies.