Mid-Afternoon Market Update: U.S. Stocks Turn Positive; Aurora Cannabis Shares Spike Higher

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Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.05% to 23,636.62 while the NASDAQ rose 0.28% to 8,969.08. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.03% to 2,853.22. The U.S. is the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic with the highest number of cases and deaths around the world. U.S. reported a total of 1,417,880 coronavirus cases with around 85,900 deaths. Britain confirmed a total of over 234,440 coronavirus cases with 33,690 deaths, while Russia reported a total of at least 252,240 confirmed cases and 2,300 deaths. In total, there were at least 4,444,670 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with over 302,490 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Consumer discretionary shares climbed by 0.9% on Friday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included
MarineMax, Inc.HZO
, up 15%, and
Callaway Golf Company ELY
, up 13%. In trading on Friday, utilities shares fell 2.9%.
Top Headline JD.Com Inc JD
reported better-than-expected earnings and sales for its first quarter. JD.Com reported first-quarter earnings of 28 cents per share, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 11 cents. The company reported quarterly sales of $20.6 billion, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $19.29 billion.
Equities Trading UP Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc SRNE
shares shot up 160% to $6.80 amid investor attention surrounding the company's STI-1499 coronavirus antibody. Shares of
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.JCP
got a boost, shooting 32% to $0.2581 after the company made a $17 million interest payment due May 7th, on the last day of its 5-day grace period, May 14th.
Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB
shares were also up, gaining 69% to $11.24 after reporting a rise in its Q3 sales.
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Equities Trading DOWN Cassava Sciences, Inc.SAVA
shares tumbled 73% to $2.1572 after the company announced the results from its Phase 2b study of PTI-125 in Alzheimer's disease did not meet the primary endpoint. Shares of
Creative Realities, Inc.CREX
were down 31% to $2.95 after the company filed for a mixed shelf offering of up to $50 million. The company also reported Q1 sales results down from last year.
SenesTech, Inc.SNES
was down, falling 27% to $1.63 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q1 results.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 7.6% to $29.65, while gold traded up 0.7% to $1,752.60. Silver traded up 5.5% Friday to $17.045, while copper fell 0.4% to $2.3365.
Euro zone
European shares closed mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.47%, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 1.08%, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index fell 0.09%. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 1.24%, and the French CAC 40 gained 0.11% while UK shares rose 1.01%.
Economics
U.S. retail sales dipped 16.4% in April, versus analysts' estimates of a 12% decline. The New York Empire State manufacturing index climbed to -48.5 in May, versus a reading of -78.2 in the prior month. U.S. industrial production dropped 11.2% in April, versus analysts' expectations for an 11.5% fall. U.S. business inventories dropped 0.2% in March, versus a revised 0.5% fall in February. The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index climbed to 73.7 in May, versus previous reading of 71.8. The number of job openings fell by 813,000 to 6.191 million in March, versus a revised reading of 7.004 million in the prior month, the Labor Department reported. The total number of active U.S. oil rigs declined by 34 to 258 rigs this week, Baker Hughes Inc reported. The Treasury International Capital report for March will be released at 4:00 p.m. ET.
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