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Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 2.01% to 25227.54 while the NASDAQ fell 1.45% to 9872.13. The S&P also fell, dropping 1.61% to 3,034.01.
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 2,422,310 cases with around 124,410 deaths. Brazil confirmed a total of over 1,228,110 COVID-19 cases with 54,970 deaths, while Russia reported a total of at least 619,930 confirmed cases and 8,770 deaths. In total, there were at least 9,628,650 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with over 489,730 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Real estate shares slipped by just 0.3% on Friday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (NASDAQ:ASPS), up 6%, and Phoenix Tree Holdings Limited (NYSE:DNK), up 5%.
In trading on Friday, financial shares fell 3.8%.
Top Headline
Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) reported a loss for its fourth quarter on Thursday.
Nike posted a quarterly loss of $790 million, or $0.51 per share, versus a year-earlier profit of $989 million, or $0.62 per share. Its sales tumbled to $6.3 billion from $10.1 billion. Analysts expected sales of $7.3 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) shares shot up 59% to $9.95 after two announcements tied to coronavirus vaccine development. The South San Francisco, California-based company said its oral COVID-19 vaccine has been selected to participate in a non-human primate challenge study, or animal study, organized and funded by Operation Warp Speed. On Thursday, Vaxart said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow that will enable the latter to provide lyophilization development and large-scale manufacturing, including tableting and enteric coating, for Vaxart's COVID-19 vaccine.
Shares of MDC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ:MDCA) got a boost, shooting 109% to $2.4050 after the company announced the formation of a special committee to evaluate potential business combination with Stagwell.
Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXR) shares were also up, gaining 40% to $1.51 after the company received an FDA response on its pre-investigational NDA for induced mesenchymal stem cells to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with coronavirus.
Equities Trading DOWN
Luckin Coffee Inc. (NASDAQ:LK) shares tumbled 52% to $1.44 after the company announced the withdrawal of its request for a Nasdaq hearing. The company's shares will be suspended at the open of business on June 29.
Shares of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:SHIP) were down 37% to $0.1777 after the company reported downbeat Q1 results.
Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ:RCON) was down, falling 37% to $1.14 after the company reported pricing of $2.1 million registered direct offering.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 2% to $37.96, while gold traded up 0.1% to $1,772.90.
Silver traded down 0.7% Friday to $17.765, while copper rose 0.1% to $2.663.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.3%, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 1.3%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index dropped 0.4%. Meanwhile, the German DAX 30 slipped 0.6%, French CAC 40 slipped 0.1% and UK shares rose 0.4%.
Economics
US personal spending rose 8.2% in May, while personal income fell 4.2% in May.
The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index declined to 78.1 in June, versus a preliminary reading of 78.9.
The Baker Hughes North American rig count report for the latest week is scheduled for release at 1:00 p.m. ET.
