Wall Street pointed slightly lower in early trading Friday but remains on track to close the week with solid gains with major corporations turning in largely healthy earnings reports. Futures for the S&P 500 ticked down 0.

President Trump's first week in office has brought a barrage of executive orders and tariff talk, but investors appear to be shrugging off the uncertainty. The Cboe Volatility Index, the widely followed fear gauge that trades under the ticker VIX,

Wall Street’s main indexes closed lower on Friday as investors stepped back while they digested a mixed bag of economic data and earnings reports and prepared for a week filled with economic releases and a Federal Reserve meeting.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies.