According to the U.S. Census Bureau, builders broke ground on 1.49 million houses in December, up 15%, the most since last March.
SECTORS
Crypto firms were the highest trending industry list on moomoo, up 6% overall. Names like$MARA Holdings (MARA.US)$climbed more than 10%. MSTR was up 6%.
Elsewhere in the economy,$Crude Oil Futures(APR5) (CLmain.US)$stayed at $77, and hit nearly $80 earlier in the week, highs not seen since October. Gold and silver climbed, and longer-term treasuries fell while the 2-year climbed.$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$broke through $104k briefly.
MOOVERS
$Intel (INTC.US)$climbed as much as 9% after a news report Friday from Bloomberg and a tech newsletter called SemiAccurate that said a firm out there was trying to buy Intel "whole." Apparently, the firm mentioned without name has the resources to buy a $90B firm outright.
$Schlumberger (SLB.US)$a Houston-based oil drilling company with a funny name rose 7%, just beating out Intel for the place of highest percentage gainer on the S&P 500 Friday. the firm reported earnings that beat estimates, with revenue of $9.28 billion.
$Strategy (MSTR.US)$and other Bitcoin stocks were higher Friday following Bitcoins climb back above 100k, and closer to its high of $108k.
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