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Ford Motor plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the United States, Mexico and Canada throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday.
Another bumpy ride on Wall Street ended on Friday as Amazon's positive earnings capped a run of mixed big-tech numbers, with the Nasdaq recovering much of its losses from the previous session and all three benchmarks ending the week in positive territory.
Another bumpy ride ended on Friday with the Nasdaq recovering much of the ground it lost in the previous session, as Amazon's positive earnings capped a week of mixed big-tech numbers.
Consumer stocks still were broadly mixed late in Friday trading, with the SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF (XLP) dropping 0.7% and the SPDR Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF (XLY) rising 3.9%.
Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Consumer Products companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.6% loss. Within the sector, Clorox Co (Symbol: CLX) and Ford Motor Co. (Symbol: F) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a los
Consumer stocks were broadly mixed in Friday trading, with the SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF (XLP) dropping 0.8% and the SPDR Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF (XLY) rising 3.1%.
What happened
Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) were lower in early-afternoon trading on Friday after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings that fell short of Wall Street estimates. As of 12:30 p.m. ET, Ford's shares were down about 10.7% from Thursday's closing price
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The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is up 29.43 to 14,530.54. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 19,639,231 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session: Snap Inc. (SNAP) is +9.92 at $34.42, with 8,149,794 shares traded., following a 52
The S&P 500 futures were muted on Friday ahead of a key monthly jobs report, while the Nasdaq 100 futures got a boost from Amazon's results at the end of a volatile week that saw mixed earnings from Big Tech firms.