U.S. stocks traded mostly higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 100 points on Friday.

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.19% to 53,673.21 while the NASDAQ slipped 0.01% to 26,541.21. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.09% to 7,737.82.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Communication services shares jumped by 1.1% on Friday.

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