TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday
A late rally helped push the Dow and S&P 500 toward 1% gains on Thursday. The advance leaves the major indexes just short overbought conditions below their 200-day moving averages.
The Dow gained 70.49. The Nasdaq Composite added 6.09. And the S&P 500 ended the day up 8.37.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday.
Amazon.com
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Also announcing after the bell on Thursday was American Express
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said that Bank of America
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Among the companies reporting earnings Friday morning before the market opens is Ford Motor Company
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Closing higher for a third day in a row and up more than 19% on Thursday was Capital One Financial
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