Abbott Laboratories shares slipped 1.4% to close at $121.76 on Friday, as the healthcare firm entered the holiday break with its next key event just days ahead.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc closed Friday down 0.95% at $618.72, following a weak session for many life-sciences stocks as the broader market slipped.
SAP SE’s U.S.-listed shares closed Friday down 0.95% at $233.59, pressured heading into the long weekend. After hours, the stock ticked up slightly to $234.34.
RTX Corp shares ended Friday at $201.92, up 1.05%, hitting a new 52-week high. This marked the stock’s seventh consecutive day of gains. Trading volume edged just above its 50-day average, based on market data.
Toyota Motor Corp shares enter Monday’s Tokyo trading with renewed currency worries, following a late-week yen rally. The stock closed at 3,670 yen, slipping 44 yen, or 1.18%, after fluctuating between 3,660 and 3,742 yen. It still hovers close to a 52-week peak of 3,764 yen.
PNC Financial Services Group’s stock ended Friday at $223.18, climbing roughly 3.7%. That performance puts the regional bank near the top among financial services shares as the holiday-shortened week begins. U.S. markets will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and resume trading Tuesday.
The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ended Friday up 0.68%, closing at $166.90, maintaining investor attention on U.S. industrial stocks as the new week begins.
U.S. stocks finished Friday nearly unchanged. The Dow slipped 0.17%, the S&P 500 eased 0.06%, and the Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.06% to 23,515.39. All three major indexes posted losses for the week, though chipmakers bucked the trend—the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index climbed 1.2%. Markets will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. “Most investors will take that as a win,” said Anthony Saglimbene, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial.
Coca-Cola shares edged down 0.06% on Friday, closing at $70.44. The stock saw little movement in an otherwise quiet session, with investors turning their focus to the upcoming holiday-shortened week and the company’s next earnings report.
GE Aerospace shares ended Friday up 1.6%, closing at $325.12. U.S. markets will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with trading set to pick up again on Tuesday.
Roche Holding Ltd’s non-voting shares ended Friday up 0.93%, closing at 348.90 Swiss francs. The stock has remained within a narrow band heading into Monday’s session.
Silvercorp Metals shares surged 10.8% on Friday, closing at $11.31 following a flurry of company news and new broker insights late in the week. Hecla Mining and First Majestic Silver also saw gains, whereas Pan American Silver slipped slightly.
Shares of American Airlines Group Inc dropped $0.35, roughly 2.2%, closing at $15.37 on Friday. The U.S. stock markets will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Apple Inc shares slipped roughly 1% on Friday, finishing at $255.53 ahead of a holiday-shortened week and a busy earnings calendar. The iPhone giant carries a market value near $3.0 trillion and trades around 30 times earnings—a key metric showing what investors pay per dollar of profit.
Palantir Technologies Inc shares closed down 3.4% on Friday at $170.96, after swinging between $170.03 and $182.12, with about 59.5 million shares traded.
HSBC raised its rating on Grab Holdings to Buy from Hold on Friday, citing the stock’s valuation as “turned attractive” following a recent selloff. Grab’s shares ended the day down 0.2%, at $4.38.