U.S. stocks traded mostly lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index dipping more than 250 points on Friday.
The Dow traded down 0.60% to 44,382.58 while the NASDAQ rose 0.06% to 20,643.06. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.23% to 6,266.23.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares jumped by 0.6% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, health care stocks dipped by 1.2%.
Top Headline
WD-40 Co. (NASDAQ:WDFC) posted better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter, while sales missed estimates.
The company raised its FY2025 EPS guidance, but narrowed its sales forecast.
Equities Trading UP
- MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INKT) shares shot up 526% to $48.40 after the company announced a publication in Oncogene.
- Shares of Ruanyun Edai Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:RYET) got a boost, surging 19% to $18.37. Ruanyun Edai Technology signed a strategic partnership with Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University to scale HanLink across Saudi Arabia.
- Signing Day Sports, Inc. (NYSE:SGN) shares were also up, gaining 98% to $2.4350 after the company announced it has made advancements regarding its business combination with One BlockchAIn.
Equities Trading DOWN
- Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MIST) shares dropped 41% to $1.5050 after the company announced a public offering.
- Shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE:AGM) were down 11% to $175.20. Farmer Mac announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer, Aparna Ramesh.
- TransMedics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMDX) was down, falling 10% to $112.93.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 2.6% to $68.28 while gold traded up 1.5% at $3,375.80.
Silver traded up 4.1% to $38.830 on Friday, while copper fell 0.9% to $5.5425.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 dipped 1.07%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.99%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.47%, Germany's DAX 40 slipped 0.81% and France's CAC 40 declined 0.94% during the session.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mixed on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei falling 0.19%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gaining 0.46%, China's Shanghai Composite gaining 0.01% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.83%.
Economics
The Baker Hughes oil rig count report for the latest week will be released today.
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