U.S. stock futures leaned lower Friday on concern over possible export restrictions on Nvidia, ahead of key data on the jobs market. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 41 points, or 0.1%, to 42837. S&P 500 futures dropped 17 points, or 0.3%, to 5942.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq headed in different directions at the close Wednesday after the Federal Reserve released minutes of its December meeting. Artificial intelligence giant Nvidia tested a key level in the wake of a huge drop.

The Nasdaq Composite increased 243.30 points or 1.2% to close at 19,864.98, also booking back-to-back gains. The tech-heavy index is up 2.9% year to date, its best start to a year since 2009, when it rose 4.8%.

While Boeing dragged the index down last year, Nvidia ( NVDA -6.22%) took up the slack and was the best-performing Dow Jones stock of 2024. Let's take a look at the other names that rounded out the top-performing Dow Jones stocks.

Don't ignore the market's bearish action, led by Nvidia, even as Meta and a few other stocks flashed buy signals. Tesla held a key level.