U.S. stocks traded slightly higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.1% on Friday.

The Dow traded up 0.06% to 51,948.08 while the NASDAQ rose 0.01% to 25,359.30.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.14% to 7,367.95.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Health care shares jumped by 2.8% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, industrials stocks fell by 0.9%.