TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday
Stocks sold off as traders and investors took advantage of higher prices from Wednesday’s rally to exit at better levels.
The Dow fell 281.40. The Nasdaq Composite lost 54.15. And the S&P 500 ended the day lower by 30.32.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday.
Reporting quarterly earnings Friday morning before the market opens is Ann Taylor
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Also announcing earnings Friday before the bell is H&R Block
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A recent auditors report strongly suggests that General Motors
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In another dark milestone for financial stocks, shares of Citigroup
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Far and away the brightest spot in the Dow Industrials was Wal-Mart
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Goldman Sachs
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