U.S. stock market indexes rose in Friday’s early trading.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced almost four-tenths of a percent.  The S&P 500 rose half a percent.  And the NASDAQ gained six-tenths of a percent.

European stock markets were mixed in afternoon trading.  London’s Financial Times 100 index gained two-tenths of a percent.  The CAC-40 in Paris lost one-tenth of a percent.  And the DAX in Frankfurt jumped almost half a percent.

Earlier in Asia, In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained four-tenths of a percent ((38 points)), to close at 9,974.  Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost three-tenths of a percent ((65 points)), to end at 21,875.

The price of gold fell almost $3 to trade at $1,584.35 an ounce.

The dollar was higher against the yen and the euro.