After about five minutes of trading, the broad S&P 500 index was up 0.2 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 0.7 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3 percent.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, this weekend, Pakistani officials told the AP - a development that, after several days of deadlock, is being interpreted as a sign of new peace talks between the US and Iran.
The real stock market rocket is Intel, which has surged about 25 percent since the chipmaker reported quarterly results on Thursday evening and offered a significantly brighter outlook after previously struggling against headwinds.
