U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.2% on Friday.

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.17% to 51,799.17 while the NASDAQ declined 0.15% to 25,099.23.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.04% to 7,411.54.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Real estate shares jumped by 1.3% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, information technology stocks fell by 0.3%.