U.S. equity futures edged higher on Friday, with S&P 500 contracts up 0.2%, Nasdaq-100 futures 0.1% firmer and Russell 2000 futures ahead 0.4%, as investors weighed a mixed set of corporate developments before the opening bell. Nvidia fell 1.1% after telling component suppliers Samsung Electronics and Amkor Technology to halt production linked to its H20 artificial-intelligence processor, raising questions about the timeline for one of its latest data-center chips. Tax software maker Intuit slid 6.5%. The company topped Wall Street estimates for earnings and revenue but projected slower near-term growth, tempering enthusiasm for its flagship TurboTax and QuickBooks franchises. Among gainers, Meta Platforms added 0.1% after recruiting Apple artificial-intelligence executive Frank Chu and striking a deal valued at a minimum of $10 billion to run workloads on Google Cloud, helping lift Alphabet shares 1.0%.