U.S. stocks pared gains, with the Nasdaq Composite turning lower toward the end of trading on Friday.

The Dow traded up 0.16% to 34,732.60 while the NASDAQ fell 0.15% to 14,199.63. The S&P also fell, dropping, 0.01% to 4,529.95.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Real estate shares jumped by 1.6% on Friday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BEKE), up 13% and Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) up 6%.

In trading on Friday, industrials shares fell 0.8%.

Top Headline

The US economy added 431,000 payrolls in March, down from analysts’ estimates of 490,000. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% in March from 3.8% in the previous month

Equities Trading UP

Blackboxstocks Inc. (NASDAQ:BLBX) shares shot up 18% to $3.1499 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 sales results.

Shares of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSSE) got a boost, shooting 31% to $10.49 after the company reported Q4 earnings results.

Manning & Napier, Inc. (NYSE:MN) shares were also up, gaining 41% to $12.81 after the company reported it will be acquired by Callodine Group and will go private at $12.85 per share.

Equities Trading DOWN

SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLS) shares tumbled 38% to $4.1250 after the company announced an exclusive license agreement with GenFleet in which the company will pay GenFleet a total of up to $150 million. The company also announced a $25 million common stock offering.

Shares of Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) were down 29% to $6.05 after the company reported FY21 earnings results and issued FY22 sales guidance.

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLSE) was down, falling 28% to $3.50 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 EPS and sales results.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.9% to $99.40, while gold traded down 1.2% to $1,929.70.

Silver traded down 1.3% Friday to $24.795 while copper fell 1.1% to $4.70.

Euro zone

European shares closed higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.54%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.30%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.69%. The German DAX gained 0.22%, French CAC 40 gained 0.37% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.57%.

The S&P Global Eurozone manufacturing PMI fell to 56.5 in March versus an initial estimate of 57, while annual inflation rate in the Eurozone climbed to an all-time high of 7.5% in March from 5.9% in February.

Economics

The US economy added 431,000 payrolls in March, down from analysts’ estimates of 490,000. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% in March from 3.8% in the previous month.

The S&P Global Manufacturing PMI was revised higher to 58.8 in March from a preliminary reading of 58.5.

The ISM Manufacturing PMI declined to 57.1 in March from 58.6 in February.

Construction spending rose 0.5% to an annual rate of $1.704 trillion in February.

The total number of active U.S. oil rigs rose by 2 to 533 rigs this week, Baker Hughes Inc reported

COVID-19 Update

The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 81,780,500 cases with around 1,007,320 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 43,025,770 cases and 521,210 deaths, while Brazil reported over 29,947,890 COVID-19 cases with 659,860 deaths. In total, there were at least 488,723,070 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,167,370 deaths.