Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.38 percent to 21,866.75 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.58 percent to 6,294.56.
The S&P also rose, gaining 0.45 percent to 2,450.01.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
On Friday, the non-cyclical consumer goods & services shares climbed by 0.87 percent.
In trading on Friday, utilities shares rose by just 0.1 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included NRG Energy
Inc (NYSE: NRG), down 3 percent, and Consolidated Water
Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: CWCO) down 2 percent.
Top Headline
Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) reported
stronger-than-expected earnings for its second quarter.
Big Lots earned $0.67 per share in the second quarter on revenue of $1.22 billion. However, Wall Street analysts were expecting
the company to earn $0.62 per share on revenue of $1.21 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ADMS) shares
shot up 44 percent to $20.45 following announcement of the FDA approval of GOCOVRI.
Shares of XOMA Corporation (NASDAQ: XOMA) got a
boost, shooting up 15 percent to $10.26 after the company disclosed that it has licensed the global commercial rights to
gevokizumab and its IL-1beta intellectual property portfolio.
Ooma Inc (NASDAQ: OOMA) shares were also up,
gaining 18 percent to $9.30 as the company posted strong quarterly results.
Equities Trading DOWN
Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ: ACET) shares dropped 24
percent to $12.12. Aceto reported Q4 adjusted earnings of $0.27 per share on revenue of $194.6 million.
Shares of GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) were down 12
percent to $19.10 after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its second quarter.
Tahoe Resources Inc (NYSE: TAHO) was down, falling
around 21 percent to $4.34 after the Guatemalan Constitutional Court issued a decision upholding the lower court's decision to
provisionally suspend the mining license of Minera San Rafael.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.67 percent to $47.75 while gold traded up 0.19 percent to $1,294.40.
Silver traded up 0.38 percent Friday to $17.11, while copper rose 0.11 percent to $3.06.
Eurozone
European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.25 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.38 percent, while
Italy’s FTSE MIB Index surged 0.45 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX climbed 0.30 percent, and the French CAC 40 rose 0.24 percent
while U.K. shares rose 0.36 percent.
Economics
U.S. durable goods orders declined 6.8 percent for July, versus economists’ expectations for a 6 percent drop.
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