U.S. stocks traded mostly higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.1% on Friday.

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.09% to 52,532.82 while the NASDAQ rose 0.07% to 26,224.37.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.11% to 7,552.11.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Communication services shares jumped by 0.9% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, health care stocks fell by 0.8%.