Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) shares were up 7.7% in Friday trading after Daiwa Securities upgraded the company's stock to outperform from neutral and adjusted its price target to $75 from $65.

Trading volume stood at 17.9 million shares against a daily average of about 20.2 million.

Price: 69.59, Change: +5.01, Percent Change: +7.76