U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 100 points on Friday.
The Dow traded up 0.26% to 42,285.93 while the NASDAQ fell 0.59% to 18,083.01. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.25% to 5,731.09.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares jumped by 1.3% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, information technology shares fell by 1%.
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The total number of active U.S. oil rigs fell by four to 484 rigs this week, Baker Hughes Inc reported
Equities Trading UP
- IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) shares shot up 16% to $9.36 after the company announced it signed a $54.5 million contract with the United States Air Force Research Lab.
- Shares of Onconetix, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONCO) got a boost, surging 56% to $5.28. Altos Venture reported a 32.5% stake in the company as of September 24 in a 13D filing on Thursday.
- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) shares were also up, gaining 12% to $9.75 after Keybanc raised its price target on the stock from $8 to $11.
Equities Trading DOWN
- Seelos Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:SEEL) shares dropped 19% to $4.07. Seelos announced postponement of its annual meeting of stockholders.
- Shares of enVVeno Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:NVNO) were down 25% to $4.07 after the company announced the pricing of a $15 million public offering of 4.3 million shares at $3.50 per share.
- Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHC) was down, falling 16% to $63.46 after the company issued a statement stating they are cooperating fully with the authorities regarding a government investigation.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.8% to $68.18 while gold traded down 0.9% at $2,670.50.
Silver traded down 1.4% to $31.88 on Friday, while copper fell 1% to $4.5930.
Euro zone
European shares closed higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.47%, Germany's DAX climbed 1.22% and France's CAC 40 jumped 0.64%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.12%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.43%.
The industry confidence indicator in Spain climbed by 2.8 points from the prior month to a reading of -0.7 in September. Industrial producer prices in Italy declined by 0.8% year-over-year in August.
The economic sentiment indicator in the Eurozone slipped to 96.2 in September from 96.5 in August, while services sentiment indicator climbed to a four-month high level of 6.7 in September. The consumer confidence indicator in the Eurozone gained by 0.5 points to -12.9 in September.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly higher on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 jumping 2.32%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumping 3.55%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 2.88% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.31%.
Hong Kong’s trade deficit widened to $33.1 billion in August versus $25.6 billion in the year-ago month. The People’s Bank of China slashed the reserve requirement ratio for banks by 50bps.
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