5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens [Video]

U.S. stock futures are rising before Friday’s shortened trading session; Target (TGT), Kohl’s (KSS), and JCPenney (JCP) are just a few of the retailers trying to draw shoppers on Black Friday; Canada’s antitrust regulator is suing Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL) over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising; Australia passes the world’s first ban on social media use by children under 16; and Disney’s (DIS) Moana 2 heads toward a Thanksgiving weekend box office record. Here’s what investors need to know today.

U.S. stock futures are edging higher after being closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. Trading will wrap up early Friday, with the stock market closing at 1 p.m. ET and the bond market at 2 p.m. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined 0.4% and 0.6%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Averageclosed 0.3% lower after surpassing 45,000 points for the first time in …