Stock Market Update
18-Oct-24 14:30 ET
Lamb Weston, Dexcom higher in S&P 500 on Friday
Dow +75.85
at 43314.90,
Nasdaq +134.95
at 18508.56,
S&P +28.94
at 5870.41
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.50%) is in second place on Friday afternoon.
Elsewhere, S&P 500 constituents Lamb Weston (LW 78.77, +7.77, +10.94%), Dexcom (DXCM 72.17, +2.62, +3.77%), and Blackstone (BX 174.68, +4.95, +2.92%) pepper the top of the standings. LW gains after activist Jana Partners confirmed an active stake, DXCM gains ahead of next week's earnings, and BX caught several sell side analyst target raises following yesterday's earnings report.
Meanwhile, Missouri-based agribusiness firm Bunge (BG 89.96, -5.64, -5.90%) is today's top laggard, lower on cautious analyst comments.
