U.S. equity futures were slightly higher Friday, a day after major indexes declined and Nvidia shares fell following the exit of the scandal-hit chipmaker’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 78 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures added 0.2%, and Nasdaq-100 futures advanced 0.1%. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all pulled back on Thursday, led by a 4.3% drop in Nvidia after Huang stepped down from his post following reported extramarital affairs, including a relationship with a woman U.S. intelligence officials believe is a Chinese spy. Analysts told CNBC that Huang’s exit could trigger a 20% correction in the stock. Nvidia’s chief financial officer Colette Kress, who’s worked at the company for more than a decade, will lead the chipmaker as interim CEO. The company’s board is looking both internally and externally for a full-time replacement for Huang. A jump in oil prices also kept stocks under pressure Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post, “We don’t need a deal with Iran.” The comment raised concerns that the U.S.-Iran war could drag on further. Oil prices were little changed on Friday, with West Texas Intermediate crude futures trading above $88 per barrel and Brent crude futures trading above $96. Another market catalyst awaits on Friday in the form of October’s producer price index reading, a measure of wholesale inflation. Economists polled by Dow Jones see headline PPI rising 0.4% on the month and 6.6% from 12 months earlier. Even with the latest bout of market turbulence, the major averages are heading for weekly advances. The Nasdaq is up 3.2%, while the S&P 500 is on pace for a 2.9% advance. The Dow is poised for a nearly 2% jump. All three indexes are heading for their best weekly performances since early August. Treasury yields edged higher on Friday as investor expectations for a December rate hike by the Federal Reserve gathered strength. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield—the key benchmark for mortgages, auto loans, and credit card debt—rose 2 basis points to 5.1271%. Investors now see a Federal Reserve rate hike next month as a near certainty. Traders are pricing in 100% odds of a rise at the Dec. 9 meeting, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool. Odds of a 25-basis-point hike now stand at almost 87%, with the chance of a 50-basis-point increase at around 13%. Asia-Pacific markets closed mostly lower Friday, capping off a week dominated by the Nvidia shakeup. South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.98% to close at 5,290.53, while the small-cap Kosdaq was up 0.45% at 699.66. China’s CSI 300 fell 0.68% to 4,016.29, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was 1.6% lower in its final hour of trade. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.71% to end the day at 9,082.2. The exception was Japan’s Nikkei 225, which gained 0.53%, ending at 61,142.35, while the broader Topix rose 0.11% to 3,941.57. Gold prices recovered modestly on Friday after a heavy selloff ​in the previous session but remained on track ​for a weekly decline as investors awaited key US inflation figures that could shape expectations for further Federal Reserve rate increases. Spot gold rose 0.7% to $3,903.19 per ounce by ⁠1006 GMT, ‌after losing nearly 4% so far this ⁠week. US gold futures for December delivery gained 0.6% to $3,907.50 per ounce. Gold was moving higher after a big slip on Thursday, as prices had been pushed into oversold territory. The metal is undervalued ‌currently, and gold prices have a good support level at around the $3,850 mark, said Nitesh Shah, commodity strategist at WisdomTree.