Benzinga Mid-Morning Market Update

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded down 0.32 percent to 13,190.51 while the NASDAQ fell 0.13 percent to 3,016.02. The S&P rose, increasing 0.02 percent to 1,427.81. Top Headline Critical to the presidential election, October's unemployment figure was reported Friday morning, coming in equal to estimates at 7.9 percent, which is slightly higher than September's shocking report of 7.8 percent. The release lead to a drop in markets across the board, although its effect on the election has yet to be seen. Equities Trading UP Restoration hardware RH shot up 27.92 percent to $30.70 following its IPO this morning as investors gained confidence in the company's offering. Dendreon DNDN also got a big boost, trading up 28.81 percent to $4.96 following a big earnings beat this morning. Shares of TripAdvisor TRIP rallied as well, rising 20.37 percent to $35.40 after an earnings beat Thursday and a subsequent rise in price target at Deutsche Bank. Equities Trading DOWN The Active Network ACTV dropped 44.99 percent to $5.11 after reporting disappointing earnings Thursday, and a slew of analyst downgrades. Questcor Pharmaceuticals QCOR was also down, falling 8.06 percent to $23.40 after Cerium Pharmaceuticals receives FDA orphan drug designation Friday morning. Shares Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX fell 12.66 percent to $44.09 following a big earnings miss Thursday and a subsequent downgrade at Goldman Sachs Friday morning. Commodities In commodity news, oil traded down 0.36 percent to $89.23, while gold traded down 1.18 percent to $1,695.20. Silver traded down 0.34 percent Friday to $31.91. Euro Zone European markets were largely down Friday morning following the PMI release that reflected a drop in Italian and Spanish manufacturing in October. Economics Friday brought another big day of economic releases, starting with the unemployment figure which came in at 7.9 percent, equal to the estimates, but slightly higher than September's report of 7.8 percent. Manufacturing payrolls came in at 13 thousand, far above the expected -5 thousand and the previous report of -14 thousand. Nonfarm payrolls were reported at 184 thousand, well above the expected 125 thousand and the prior figure of 128 thousand, while private nonfarm payrolls came in at 171 thousand, beating the estimates of 125 thousand and the last report of 148 thousand. Factory orders were also reported, coming in at 4.8 percent, above the expected 4.6 percent, and well above the previous figure of -5.1 percent.