Futures pointed to a higher open for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq on Friday as technology shares broadly advanced and investors parsed corporate results, while Netflix jumped after beating subscriber growth estimates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 160 points on Friday morning, while other major stock indexes rose, partly driven by Netflix’s strong earnings report.

Wall Street began Friday's regular trading session in mixed fashion. A post-earnings pop in streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) boosted the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index (COMP:IND), which was countered by a slide in American Express (AXP) that weighed on the blue-chip Dow (DJI).