Mid-Morning Market Update: US Stock Futures Trend Down; Nasdaq Composite Dips 0.2%

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow declined 0.09% to 31,402.67, while the NASDAQ fell 0.21% to 13,996.18. The S&P also plunged 0.05% to 3,914.51. Leading and Lagging Sectors Financials shares climbed 0.67% on Friday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Ambac Financial Group, Inc. AMBC, up 8.11%, and Cowen, Inc. COWN, up 7.76%. In trading on Friday, real estate shares fell 0.66%. Top Headline The Nasdaq Composite had declined 0.2% in mid-morning trade, as FANG stocks traded lower. DexCom, Inc. DXCM fell to the bottom of the Nasdaq 100, following its earnings missing expectations. Equities Trading UP China Liberal Education Holdings Limited CLEU shares shot up 81% to $7.35. The gains are likely to have been driven by the SEC filings that indicate significant institutional interest in the stock. Shares of Artelo Biosciences, Inc. ARTL surged 87% to $3.05, after analysts at Ladenburg initiated coverage of the company with a Buy rating and a price target of $7. Bumble Inc. BMBL was up, rising 13.68% to $79.93. The stock has surged 63% during yesterday's session, the day of its IPO, ending the session at $70.31. Equities Trading DOWN iFresh Inc. IFMK shares tumbled 35.76% to $2.12. Shares of Sanara MedTech Inc. SMTI were down 33.24% to $27.64 after the company announced the price of its underwritten public offering of 1,100,000 shares of common stock at $25 per share. CollPlant Biotechnologies Ltd. CLGN was down, falling 29% to $17.22. Commodities In commodity news, oil traded up 0.43% to $58.49, while gold traded down 0.50% to $1,817.60. Silver traded up 0.49% Friday to $27.18, while copper fell 0.29% to $3.76. Euro zone European shares were mixed today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.45%, while the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.02% and Italy's FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.25%. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.09%, while the French CAC 40 rose 0.49%. UK shares were up 0.71%. Economics San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly will speak at 3:00 p.m. ET.
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