Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations.

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.