Black Friday trading was off to a rough start after exchange operator CME was forced to halt futures trading on Friday.

Stock index futures remained halted on Friday after CME Group (CME) paused trading due to a cooling issue at a CyrusOne data center. However, the major index ETFs, SPY (tracks the S&P 500), QQQ (tracks the Nasdaq 100) and DIA (tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average),

US markets close early for Black Friday, but the session was disrupted by a CME Group outage linked to a data centre cooling failure that halted futures trading. Here are today’s trading hours and key market movers.

Silver futures touched the highest intraday level on record Friday, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Strategists who shared commentary with MarketWatch said rising expectations for another Fed rate cut next month have helped push precious metals prices higher.

Wall Street indexes climbed as futures trading resumed after a temporary outage. Discover the latest market updates and trends.

US stock market futures fell today as the S&P 500 extended a three-day slide. Nvidia and Oracle dropped again as investors questioned high AI valuations and rising data-center debt. Dow futures slipped 140 points or 0.

US stocks ended sharply higher Tuesday, building on a broad rebound fueled by growing optimism that the Federal Reserve will deliver a rate cut next month, while tech heavyweights Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and Apple (AAPL) posted record highs.

Stocks look set to extend their slide Friday amid investor jitters about the tech sector and the path of monetary policy.

US stock futures rose on Monday as rate-cut hopes steadied markets after steep November losses. Dow futures gained 0.3%. S&P 500 futures added 0.6%. Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.9%. The S&P 500 is still down 3.

Dow Jones futures rose slightly Thursday night, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. CME halted futures trading due to data centers overheating.The stock market rally had another solid broad advance on Wednesday.