TAOP - Crude Oil Surges 2%; PagerDuty Shares Slide | Benzinga
U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones gaining around 50 points on Friday.
The Dow traded up 0.15% to 34,774.75 while the NASDAQ fell 0.35% to 13,986.43. The S&P 500, also fell, dropping, 0.06% to 4,505.03.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares jumped by 1.9% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, consumer discretionary shares fell by 1.1%.
Top Headline
The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August versus the downwardly revised 157,000 increase in July and compared to market expectations of 170,000. The unemployment rate increased to 3.8% in August from 3.5% in July.
Equities Trading UP
Taoping Inc. (NASDAQ: TAOP) shares shot up 45% to $3.3006 after the company reported a year-over-year increase in H1 EPS and sales results.
Shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL) got a boost, shooting 21% to $68.04 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised its outlook for the year.
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVOS) shares were also up, gaining 57% to 0.22 after the company announced it received an Underwriting Clearance Notice for a $70 million coupon.
Equities Trading DOWN
Aditxt, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTX) shares dropped 31% to $37.81 after the company announced a $10 million private placement priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.
Shares of PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE: PD) were down ...