Active broad-market exchange-traded funds in Friday's pre-market session: iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund ( EEM ): -0.1% U.S. stock futures were higher ahead of Friday's open, recouping some of the earlier losses following the terror attack during France's Bastille Day celebrations, leaving more than 80 people dead. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, also rose 0.2% Meanwhile, the Empire State index slipped to 0.6 in July from 6.0 in June, missing forecasts for a reading of positive 6.