TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday
Stocks staged a dramatic intraday reversal to the upside on Thursday. Shortly after midday, the Dow industrials were down more than 300 points and ended the day up more than 500 points.
The Dow closed up 552.59. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day ahead by 97.49. And the S&P 500 gained 58.98.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday.
Dell
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Retail earnings afterhours on Thursday included Kohls
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Among the few stocks that are oversold above the 200-day moving average, two belong to the biotechnology sector, Amgen
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Energy stocks helped lead the markets’ tremendous oversold rally on Thursday. Near the head of that pack was Chevron
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