U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones gaining over 150 points on Friday.

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.47% to 34,555.27 while the NASDAQ rose 0.36% to 14,189.30. The S&P 500, also rose, gaining, 0.27% to 4,522.01.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

• Health care shares climbed by 1.4% on Friday.
• In trading on Friday, energy shares fell by 1.8%.

Top Headline

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.

JPMorgan reported net revenue (managed) of $42.4 billion, up 34.1% year-over-year, beating the consensus of $38.96 billion. Adjusted EPS was $4.37, beating the consensus of $3.99.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.6% to $76.42 while gold traded up 0.1% at $1,964.20.

Silver traded up 1% to $25.205 on Friday while copper rose 0.1% to $3.9415.

Euro zone

European shares were mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.1%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.3% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index slipped 0.1% The German DAX declined 0.1% French CAC 40 gained 0.3% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.1%.

Italy recorded a trade surplus of EUR 4.7 billion in May versus a year-ago gap of EUR 62 million. Germany's wholesale prices declined for the third straight month to 2.9% year-over-year in June.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 declining 0.09%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gaining 0.33%, China’s Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.04%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.4%.

India's wholesale prices declined by 4.12% year-over-year in June versus a 3.48% drop in the previous month, while domestic passenger vehicle sales in India rose by 1.6% year-over-year to 280,252 in June. Industrial production in Japan fell by 2.2% month-over-month in May versus the flash reading of a 1.6% decline.

Economics

• Export prices in the U.S. fell 0.9% month-over-month in June versus a 1.9% decline in May.
• Import prices in the U.S. fell 0.2% month-over-month in June versus a revised 0.4% decline in May.

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COVID-19 Update

The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 107,373,570 cases with around 1,168,610 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,994,760 cases and 531,910 deaths, while France reported over 40,138,560 COVID-19 cases with 167,640 deaths. In total, there were at least 691,451,110 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,899,350 deaths.