U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones dropping more than 400 points on Friday.
The Dow traded down 1.30% to 31,825.91 while the NASDAQ fell 0.97% to 11,603.08. The S&P 500, also fell, dropping, 1.21% to 3,912.39.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
- Information technology shares fell by just 0.1% on Friday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included WM Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAPS), up 15%, and Netlist, Inc. (OTC:NLST), up 9%.
- In trading on Thursday, financials shares dipped by 2.9%.
- Top Headline
- The University of Michigan consumer sentiment fell to 63.4 in March from 67 in the previous month.
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Equities Trading UP
- HUB Cyber Security (Israel) Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUBC) shares shot up 23% to $2.94 after jumping over 20% on Thursday.
- Shares of Oportun Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:OPRT) got a boost, shooting 18% to $3.35.
- Traeger, Inc. (NYSE:COOK) shares were also up, gaining 17% to $3.5115 after the company announced better-than-expected Q4 results.
- Equities Trading DOWN
- Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFCR) shares tumbled 61% to $2.01 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q2 financial results.
- Shares of Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD) were down 48% to $1.1871. Wedbush reiterated Diebold Nixdorf with an Outperform and maintained a $5 price target.
- CXApp Inc. (NASDAQ:CXAI) was down, falling 25% to $3.00.
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Commodities
- In commodity news, oil traded down 2.6% to $66.55 while gold traded up 2.2% at $1,965.00.
Silver traded up 2.9% to $22.32 on Thursday while copper rose 0.5% to $3.8835.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 1.4%, London's FTSE 100 fell 1.3% while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 1.9%. The German DAX dropped 1.6%, French CAC 40 fell 1.7% and Italy's FTSE MIB Index fell 1.9%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed higher on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 1.2%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 1.64% and China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.73%. India's S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.6%.
Economics
- The University of Michigan consumer sentiment fell to 63.4 in March from 67 in the previous month.
- Industrial production came in unchanged for February, following a 0.3% increase in January.
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