Nasdaq Dips Over 2%; Apple Earnings Top Views

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite dipping more than 2% on Friday.

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded down 1.50% to 43,468.44 while the NASDAQ dipped 2.22% to 20,653.99. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.71% to 6,231.17.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Consumer staples shares jumped by 0.7% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, consumer discretionary stocks dipped by 3.7%.

Top Headline

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results.

The iPhone maker reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $94 billion, beating analyst estimates of $89.04 billion by 5.6%. Earnings per share came in at $1.57, surpassing the consensus estimate of $1.42 per share, according to Benzinga Pro data.

Equities Trading UP
           

• Tenon Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNON) shares shot up 119% to $2.1936 after the company announced the acquisition of sacroiliac joint‑specific assets from SiVantage.
• Shares of Performant Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:PHLT) got a boost, surging 115% to $7.63 after Machinify agreed to acquire the company for $670 million.
• Lobo EV Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:LOBO) shares were also up, gaining 88% to $0.6746.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Safe & Green Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:SGBX) shares dropped 60% to $0.2353 after falling 14% on Thursday.
• Shares of Silexion Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:SLXN) were down 44% to $8.34 after the company announced exercise of warrants for $1.8 million gross proceeds.
• TTEC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEC) was down, falling 35% to $3.23. TTEC Holdings will release its second-quarter earnings results after the closing bell on Thursday, Aug. 7.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 1.9% to $67.97 while gold traded up 1.7% at $3,403.80.

Silver traded up 0.7% to $36.960 on Friday, while copper rose 0.9% to $4.3935.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 2%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index dipped 2.1%. London's FTSE 100 fell 1%, Germany's DAX 40 declined 2.7% and France's CAC 40 fell 3% during the session.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.66%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng falling 1.07%, China's Shanghai Composite dipping 0.37% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.72%.

Economics

• U.S. construction spending declined by 0.4% from the previous month to an annualized rate of $2.136 trillion in June.
• The ISM manufacturing PMI declined to 48 in July compared to 49 in June, missing market estimates of 49.5.
• The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index slipped to 61.7 in July compared to the preliminary reading of 61.8.
• The S&P Global manufacturing PMI was revised higher to 49.8 in July versus a preliminary reading of 49.5.

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