U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 600 points on Friday.
Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 1.30% to 49,210.43 while the NASDAQ surged 1.05% to 24,355.28. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.74% to 7,093.54.
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Consumer discretionary shares climbed by 2% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, energy stocks fell by 4.5%.
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Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) shares dipped over 11% on Friday as the company reported better-than-expected financial results for the first quarter of 2026 after the market close on Thursday.
The company issued weak forecast for the second quarter and announced that chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings will not stand for re-election to the board when his term expires in June.
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