U.S. stock futures traded higher Friday as investors assessed corporate updates, led by Nucor Corp.’s third-quarter 2026 earnings guidance of $5.55 to $5.65 per diluted share, below Wall Street’s $5.99 consensus but above $2.63 a year earlier and second-quarter diluted EPS of $5.04. Nucor shares fell more than 5% during Friday trading and were reported down 3.1% at $257 in after-hours trading, while the forecast excludes a $61 million non-cash Helion valuation benefit and about $130 million in retroactive raw-material procurement adjustments recorded in the prior quarter. Steel Dynamics also issued below-expectation guidance of $5.34 to $5.38 per share, while Cleveland-Cliffs slipped 0.2% to $12.74. Separately, BlackBerry gained after QNX announced a partnership with Sift, Clean Harbors priced $600 million of senior notes due 2034, 5E Advanced Materials reported a narrower-than-expected loss, and McDonald’s increased its quarterly dividend to $1.93 per share.