Nike And Disney Lead The Dow Jones Higher To Close The Week

U.S. indices were trading higher Friday following worse-than-expected jobs data, which has led to investor speculation the Fed will continue stimulus activity.

  • The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust DIA finished at an all-time closing high, trading higher by 0.69% at $347.88.
  • The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ closed higher by 0.81% at $334.20.
  • The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY closed at an all-time closing high, trading high by 0.73% at $422.12.

Here are the day's winners and losers from the DIA, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

Leaders were predominantly from consumer staples and industrials: Nike Inc NKE, Walt Disney Co DIS and Boeing Co BA.

Meanwhile, the top laggards for the DIA were IBM IBM, Verizon Communications Inc. VZ and Salesforce.com, inc. CRM.

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