Stock futures were relatively unchanged on Friday, a day after after both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite closed lower, retreating slightly from all-time highs. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures each rose 0.1%, while futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 81 points, or 0.2%. The U.S. government shutdown dragged into its 10th day on Friday, a day after the Senate failed for a seventh time to pass dueling stop-gap funding proposals that would have put an end to the stoppage. At this point, there have been no signs that Republicans and Democrats have made meaningful progress on negotiations. With the stalemate continuing, investors are struggling to find catalysts due to a lack of economic data from the U.S. government. Earnings reports on Thursday from companies like Delta Air Lines and PepsiCo were positive and offered some sense of consumer demand. However, they weren’t enough to sustain a rally in stocks on Thursday. Still, both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq could eke out small gains for the week of 0.3% and 1.1%, respectively. The 30-stock Dow, however, is pacing for a 0.9% drop. Declines in the Dow would we steeper if not for Nvidia regaining some momentum this week. After CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC that computing demand has “gone up substantially” this year, the stock has regained some momentum. Shares have logged a 2.6% gain week to date. “Markets are trying to balance a few things because we are navigating a little blind because of the government shutdown,” Fundstrat’s Tom Lee said Thursday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” However, earnings season is set to begin in earnest next week, with several banks such as Citigroup and JPMorgan slated to post their third-quarter results. Data on U.S. consumer sentiment is scheduled to be released Friday morning at 10 a.m. ET. U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Friday as the U.S. government shutdown entered its 10th day, extending the economic data blackout. The 10-year Treasury was down more than 3 basis points to 4.109%, while the 2-year Treasury yield was more than 1 basis point lower at 3.581%. The longer-maturity 30-year Treasury yield dropped more than 4 basis points to 4.689%. Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed mixed Friday, tracking Wall Street declines as investors assessed the state of the economy. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.01% to close at 48,088.8, while the Topix declined 1.85% to end the trading day at 3,197.59. South Korea’s Kospi added 1.73% to end at 3,610.6 after coming back from a holiday. The small-cap Kosdaq rose 0.61% to close at 859.49. Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 lost 0.13% to end the trading day at 8,958.3. The Hang Seng Index slid 1.84%, while mainland China’s CSI 300 lost 1.97% to close at 4,616.83. Oil prices declined on Friday, after settling around 1.6% lower in the previous session, as the market’s risk premium faded after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a plan to end the war in Gaza. Brent crude futures were down 33 cents, or 0.5%, at $64.89 a barrel at 0835 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 24 cents, or 0.4%, to $61.27. Gold rebounded from earlier losses on Friday and was on track for an eighth consecutive weekly gain, driven by broad political and economic uncertainty and expectations of further U.S. rate cuts, while silver hovered near a record high. Spot gold, which hit a record high of $4,059.05 on Wednesday, was up 0.5% to $3,992.97 per ounce as of 0919 GMT – a gain of 2.7% so far this week. U.S. gold futures for December delivery rose 0.8% to $4,005.30. Non-yielding bullion is traditionally considered a hedge during times of broader uncertainty.