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Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.77 percent to 16,374.72 while the NASDAQ tumbled 1.68 percent to 4,078.84. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.77 percent to 1,864.40.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities sector was the only gainer in the US market on Friday. Leading the sector was strength from FirstEnergy
FE and Wisconsin Energy
WEC.
Technology shares declined around 1.53 percent in Friday's trading. Top losers in the sector included CommVault Systems
CVLT, off 28 percent, and Mellanox Technologies
MLNX, down 13 percent.
Top Headline
Ford Motor Co
F reported a drop in its first-quarter profit.
Ford's quarterly profit slipped to $989 million, or $0.24 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $1.61 billion, or $0.40 per share.
Its revenue rose to $35.9 billion versus $35.6 billion. However, analysts were projecting earnings of $0.31 per share on revenue of $34.54 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Gigamon
GIMO shares shot up 6.59 percent to $17.14 after the company announced Q1 results. Gigamon reported a Q1 loss of $0.07 per share on revenue of $31.80 million. Needham upgraded the stock from Buy to Strong Buy.
Shares of Weatherford International
WFT got a boost, shooting up 9.99 percent to $20.25 after the company reported upbeat quarterly earnings. Weatherford reported its Q1 earnings of $0.13 per share on revenue of $3.60 billion.
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was also up, gaining 4.44 percent to $21.55 after the company beat on the bottom line and caught an upgrade from Northland Securities to an Outperform rating and $27 price target.
Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of CommVault Systems
CVLT were 30.14 percent to $47.93 after the company reported downbeat quarterly revenue. CommVault reported earnings of $0.52 per share on revenue of $156.80 million. However, analysts were expecting a profit of $0.47 per share on revenue of $160.16 million.
Pandora Media
P shares tumbled 16.03 percent to $23.69 on
weak Q1 earnings and Q2 outlook. Pandora reported a Q1 loss of $0.13 per share.
Plug Power
PLUG was also down, falling 10.48 percent to $5.38 after the company priced its 22.6 million share public offering at $5.50 before the market opening Friday.
Commodities
In commodity news,
oil traded down 1.38 percent to $100.53, while gold traded up 0.79 percent to $1,300.50.
Silver traded up 0.02 percent Friday to $19.67, while copper rose 1.73 percent to $3.09.
Euro zone
European shares
were lower today. The Spanish Ibex Index dropped 1.47 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index fell 2.07 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX tumbled 1.53 percent and the French CAC 40 fell 0.80 percent while U.K. shares declined 0.38 percent.
Economics
The preliminary reading of Markit Services PMI came in at 54.20 in April, versus economists' expectations for a reading of 55.50.
The final reading of Reuter's/University of Michigan's consumer sentiment indexrose to 84.10 in April, versus a prior reading of 82.60. However, economists were expecting a reading of 83.00.
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