Trading in futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have been halted due to a technical issue at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Futures in individual stocks were not impacted. Coinbase Global rose 2.6% in premarket trading as bitcoin stayed above $91,000.

Wall Street is operating on an abbreviated schedule Friday after being closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Stock trading closes at 1 p.m. ET.

In European trading, Germany’s DAX rose 0.2% as traders awaited inflation data set to be released later in the day.

Britain’s FTSE 100 edged up 0.4% on gains in energy and mining stocks. The CAC 40 in France rose 0.3%.

While developments related to artificial intelligence have been driving recent ups and downs in world markets, the focus remains on the outlook for U.S

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