U.S. stocks traded slightly lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite falling around 30 points on Friday.

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded down 0.04% to 34,931.47 while the NASDAQ fell 0.22% to 14,082.87. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.07% to 4,504.96.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares surged by 0.9% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, communication services shares fell by 0.5%.

Top Headline

Housing starts in the U.S. increased by 1.9% month-over-month to an annualized rate of 1.372 million in October, while building permits rose by 1.1% to an annual rate of 1.487 million.

Equities Trading UP

Safe and Green Development Corporation (NASDAQ:SGD) shares shot up 162% to $7.94. Safe And Green Development shares jumped around 559% on Thursday after the company said it does not intend to conduct the offering of the shares of common stock contemplated by the Registration Statement.

Shares of Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ:CYTO) got a boost, shooting 116% to $0.2157. Altamira Therapeutics announced partial spin-off of Bentrio business.

WANG & LEE GROUP, Inc. (NASDAQ:WLGS) shares were also up, gaining 76% to $0.7096.

Equities Trading DOWN

Vigil Neuroscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIGL) shares dropped 35% to $4.35 after the company reported interim data from Phase 2 IGNITE proof-of-concept clinical trial evaluating iluzanebart as a treatment for ALSP and from ongoing natural history study ILLUMINATE.

Shares of Bone Biologics Corporation (NASDAQ:BBLG) were down 35% to $0.5099 after the company announced a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CHPT) was down, falling 34% to $2.0556 after the company reported preliminary results and announced a management transition. The company appointed Rick Wilmer, who has been COO since July 2022, as its new president and CEO, effective Nov. 16.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 1.4% to $73.90 while gold traded down 0.1% at $1,987.20.

Silver traded down 0.1% to $23.925 on Friday while copper rose 0.2% to $3.7115.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.9%, London’s FTSE 100 climbed 1% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.7% The German DAX rose 0.8% French CAC 40 rose 0.9%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index rose 0.6%.

The inflation rate in the Eurozone came in at 2.9% year-over-year for October, recording the lowest figure since July 2021. The Eurozone reported a current account surplus of EUR 40.78 billion in September versus a year-ago deficit of EUR 5.40 billion. Retail sales in the UK declined by 0.3% month-over-month in October versus a revised 1.1% decline in September.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.48%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index falling 2.12% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.11%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, fell 0.3%.

Foreign direct investment into China fell by 9.4% year-over-year to CNY 987.01 billion during the first ten months of the year.

Economics

Housing starts in the U.S. increased by 1.9% month-over-month to an annualized rate of 1.372 million in October, while building permits rose by 1.1% to an annual rate of 1.487 million.

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