Early indications point to mixed trading on a busy day of stock news Friday. Forty-five minutes before the opening bell on Wall Street, stock index futures indicate that both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ will open little changed.

The financials are in focus after Goldman Sachs (GS) said late Thursday that it had settled a case with the SEC and after Citi (C) and BofA (BAC) reported earnings. Goldman shares rallied 4.2 percent on news it is paying $550 million to settle fraud charges related to the marketing of subprime mortgage securities.

Meanwhile, BofA is down 4.2 percent after reporting earnings of 27-cents per share for the quarter, which beat Street estimates by a nickel. However, revenues fell shy of expectations. Similarly, Citi slipped 2 percent after its earnings topped expectations, but revenues were less than expected.

Google (GOOG) fell 4 percent after posting a quarterly profit of $6.45 per share, which was seven cents worse than expected. GE is flat after reporting earnings of 30 cents per share and three cents better than expected. Vivus (VVUS) tumbled more than 50 percent after failing to win FDA approval for its Qnexa obesity drug.

On the economic front, data released early showed the Consumer Price Index [CPI] up .2 percent in June and twice as much as expected. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for July, due at 9:45 eastern time, is this week’s last economic stat. Economists expect the report to show a decline to 74.5, down from 76.0 in late June.

Bonds have given back overnight gains, but seemed unmoved by the hotter-than-expected CPI print. The benchmark ten-year Treasury is unchanged and yields 3 percent.

The dollar remains under pressure, down another .58 to 86.84 against the Japanese yen. The euro is up .0061 to 1.2989 against the buck.

Commodities are mostly weaker. Crude oil lost 24 cents to $76.38 and gold gave up $15.8 to $1192.50 an ounce.

Meanwhile, trading will be active in the options market today due to the expiration. Today is the last day to trade July 2010 options and many players will be closing and rolling positions before the contracts expire.