The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended higher on Friday, boosted by an earnings-driven jump in Netflix shares and broader gains across technology stocks. All three major Wall Street benchmarks comfortably secured a sixth straight weekly gain,

The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) pops at the start of Friday's session, shooting 0.5% higher while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) falls into negative territory. Morning Brief anchor Brad Smith checks out the morning's sector leaders and the top-performing components of the Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 (^NDX).

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.