U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 1% on Friday.
The Dow traded down 0.70% to 41,566.04 while the NASDAQ fell 1.12% to 18,713.37. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.87% to 5,791.25.
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Leading and Lagging SectorsReal estate shares fell by just 0.1% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, information technology stocks dipped by 1.4%.
Top Headline
Shares of Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) dipped more than 11% on Friday after the company released its first-quarter results.
Workday reported quarterly earnings of $2.23 per share, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.01 by 10.95%. Quarterly revenue came in at $2.24 billion, which beat the Street estimate of $2.22 billion.
Workday sees second-quarter revenue of $2.16 billion, versus the $2.34 billion analyst estimate.
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CommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded up 0.4% to $61.42 while gold traded up 1.5% at $3,344.90.
Silver traded up 0.1% to $33.250 on Friday, while copper rose 1% to $4.7245.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 1.1%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 1.5%. London's FTSE 100 dipped 0.85%, Germany's DAX 40 declined 1.6% and France's CAC 40 fell 1.9% during the session.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly higher on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 0.47%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rising 0.24%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.94% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.95%.
Economics
U.S. sales of new single-family homes climbed by 10.9% from the previous month to an annualized rate of 743,000 units.
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