U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones dipping more than 300 points on Friday.
The Dow traded down 1.23% to 28,865.85 while the NASDAQ fell 0.92% to 10,638.61. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.97% to 3,605.32.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Real estate shares rose by 1.5% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, utilities shares fell by 1.3%.
Top Headline
Personal income in the US climbed by 0.3% from a month ago in August, while personal spending rose 0.4%. The personal consumption expenditure price index rose 0.3% month-over-month in August following a 0.1% decline in July.
Equities Trading UP
- F45 Training Holdings Inc. (NYSE:FXLV) shares shot up 43% to $3.1250 after a 13D filing showed the company received a non-binding proposal offer by one or more funds for a value of $4 per share.
- Shares of SOBR Safe, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOBR) got a boost, shooting 38% to $2.6550 after the company announced it signed three reseller agreements with national distributors.
- Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIMD) shares were also up, gaining 36% to $1.8799 after the company reported results from the additional preclinical study of its low-dose oral interferon formulation against Omicron. The company reported VELDONA formulation showed significant stabilization of physical condition and complete recovery from lung inflammation throughout the course of treatment period.
Equities Trading DOWN
- American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVCT) shares tumbled 37% to $0.1879 after the company announced the intent to effect a reverse stock split.
- Shares of Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:AEHL) were down 30% to $0.63 after the company announced pricing of a $1 million registered direct offering.
- Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) was down, falling 22% to $7.11 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales results.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 2.1% to $79.49, while gold traded up 0.1% at $1,669.30.
Silver traded up 1.6% to $19.010 on Friday while copper fell 0.6% to $3.3985.
Euro zone
European shares closed higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 1.3%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.18% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.91%. The German DAX gained 1.16%, French CAC 40 climbed 1.51% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index gained 1.45%.
The unemployment rate in Germany came in unchanged at 5.5% in September, while unemployment rate in Italy fell to 7.8% in August from 7.9% in the previous month. Retail trade in Spain came in flat for August versus an annual drop of 0.5% in the prior month. The annual inflation rate in France fell to 5.6% in September from 5.9% a month ago.
The Nationwide House Price Index in the UK climbed 9.5% year-over-year in September, while British GDP expanded 4.4% year-over-year in the second quarter. The current account deficit in the UK narrowed to GBP 33.8 billion in the second quarter versus a revised record GBP 43.9 billion in the previous period.
Economics
- Personal income in the US climbed by 0.3% from a month ago in August, while personal spending rose 0.4%. The personal consumption expenditure price index rose 0.3% month-over-month in August following a 0.1% decline in July.
- The Chicago PMI dropped to 45.7 in September from 52.2 in the earlier month.
- The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index was revised lower to 58.6 in September from a preliminary estimate of 59.5.
- The total number of active U.S. oil rigs climbed by 2 to 604 rigs this week, Baker Hughes Inc reported.
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams will speak at 4:15 p.m. ET.
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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 98,166,900 cases with around 1,084,280 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,587,300 cases and 528,620 deaths, while France reported over 35,342,950 COVID-19 cases with 155,070 deaths. In total, there were at least 622,557,150 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,547,770 deaths.
