Carnival And American Airlines Soar As The SPY Closes Higher

U.S. indices traded sharply higher Friday as stocks continued to rebound following a sell-off earlier in the week.

• The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY closed higher by 1.54% at $416.58.
• The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ finished higher by 2.21% at $326.39.
• The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust DIA finished higher by 1.12% at $344.26.

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

Among the top leaders for the S&P 500 were popular reopening plays: Carnival Corp CCL, American Airlines Group Inc AAL and United Airlines Holdings Inc UAL.

Notable laggards for the S&P 500 included Walt Disney Co DIS, Fox Corp Class B FOX and Kellogg Company K.

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