Stocks Trade Mostly Higher Friday Morning as Wall Street Gives Netflix Earnings Good Marks

The $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ led the way upward, gaining 105.7 points (0.6%) shortly before 10 a.m. ET to 18,479.31.

The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ likewise rose 9.33 points (0.2%) to 5,850.8 shortly before 10 a.m. ET – less than 30 ticks shy of beating an intraday record high that the index set on Thursday.

However, the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ eased 168.41 ticks (0.4%) to 43,070.64.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained ground in part due to enthusiasm for $Netflix (NFLX.US)$, which added as much as 10.1% to a $756.90 intraday record in the early going. NFLX rose after releasing well-received earnings Thursday after the bell.

Elsewhere in the market, nuclear-related stocks rallied on continued enthusiasm following recent deals by $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ and $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ to invest in atomic energy to power their cloud-computing operations.

$Oklo Inc (OKLO.US)$ gained as much as 24.3% to a $19.55 record intraday high, while $Centrus Energy (LEU.US)$ added 12% to a $90.80 all-time peak and $NuScale Power (SMR.US)$ gained 10.3% to hit a $19.88 all-time top.

$NANO Nuclear Energy (NNE.US)$ also rose as much as 19.5% to a $22.39 session high, although that's still short of the stock's $37.51 record set back in June.

Among decliners of note, $CVS Health (CVS.US)$ fell as much as 8.6% to a $58.17 early low after replacing CEO Karen Lynch with CVS Caremark President David Joyner. The company also warned that its upcoming earnings will fall below analyst expectations.