Stocks end week higher; bitcoin rises to about $82,300

By Vidya Ramakrishnan And Scott Lehtonen Wall Street scored a winning week Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other indexes picked up steam Friday and finished near session highs. Now Dow component JPMorgan Chase and other big bank stocks are getting ready for the kick-start of third-quarter earnings season. 6%. 6%.

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24%. Also, bitcoin moved up to around $82,300. m. ET JPMORGAN CHASE IN BASE WITH EARNINGS DUE Bank stocks are on watch as third-quarter earnings season starts rolling in next week.

50. It plans to release earnings on Tuesday. 5% Friday. Other big banks due to report Tuesday are Citigroup Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo.

Outside big banks, managed care provider UnitedHealth Group is another company reporting Tuesday. m. ET ENERGY STOCKS AT NEW HIGHS Among energy-related stocks, Frontline hit a new high on Friday. Shares ticked slightly higher a day after the oil tanker operator surged 6%.

Other oil transporters near highs included Okeanis Eco Tankers and International Seaways. both are in the IBD 50. Marathon Petroleum also hit a high before edging lower. The refiner and oil marketer is an IBD Leaderboard holding.

Outside oil-and-gas plays, Atlassian climbed more than 1% to hit a new high, rising to levels last seen in July 2025. The stock was a recent addition to IBD Swing Trader. Ten out of 11 of the S&P 500 sectors were in the black. Real estate, health and consumer discretionary gained 1% or more each while communication services lagged and technology eked out gains.

m. ET AMAZON, MICROSOFT GAIN; APPLE FALLS Among Dow components, Amazon and Microsoft advanced, rising 2% or more each. 57 in a cup base. Shares are on a seven-day winning streak.

Apple and 3M fell more than 1% apiece. m. ET METAL NAMES SHINE ON IBD 50 Metal miners were on the rise on Friday among stocks on the IBD 50 list. Aura Minerals was a top performer, gaining nearly 11% as shares rebounded from their 50-day moving average and cleared the 21-day moving average.

83. Both Aura and Ero are components of the IBD 50. Also in the IBD 50, SiTime and Super Micro Computer fell more than 5% and 4%, respectively. Outside the growth 50 list, Viasat, EchoStar and Sirius XM gained between 1% and 9% after SpaceX made a push into wireless spectrum.

All three provide telecom infrastructure and telecom services. But Verizon Communications took a beating as a result. Shares plunged more than 10% in recent action. The SpaceX move also took a bite out of AT&T, down nearly 10%, and T-Mobile US, which plummeted nearly 13%.

3 for October. The index was expected to come in at 48. 6%. m.

42 from a flat base. Nutanix provides a cloud platform for integrating IT operations for businesses. 57 in a cup base. 46.

55. 60. The stock was Thursday's IBD Stock Of The Day and holds an ideal Composite Rating of 99. m.

ET HUMANA JUMPS; AMPHENOL NEAR BUY POINT Humana jumped 12% after its Medicare Advantage ratings got a boost. The company said that 18 of its Medicare Advantage contracts scored ratings of at least four stars each. 97 from a cup-with-handle base. The relative strength line is at a new high.

Elsewhere, tech stocks gained after selling off on Thursday. 17. Amphenol makes fiber-optic connectors and interconnectivity systems. The stock is a holding on IBD Leaderboard.

m. ET SPACEX JUMPS; VERIZON, AT T DIVE Shares of SpaceX, jumped nearly 3% Friday morning after the company said it plans to buy significant wireless spectrum, bolstering its Starlink service. It's looking to bounce back from two days of heavy losses. Four Reasons To Put This Nvidia, AMD Partner On Your Watchlist Right Now In response, telecom giants Verizon Communications, AT&T and T-Mobile US suffered heavy losses.

Verizon and AT&T tumbled 6% and more than 7%, respectively, while T-Mobile lost nearly 9%. m. 9% drop. 76.

4%. Shares remain well below all their daily and weekly moving averages. m. 5% Friday morning after Nikkei Asia reported that the company told some suppliers to cut production of components for its new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models.

Shares threatened to snap a three-day winning streak. 34 cup-base entry. DELTA AIR LINES EARNINGS MISS Shares of Delta Air Lines tumbled nearly 2% premarket Friday after the airline missed quarterly earnings estimates and also slashed its 2026 profit outlook amid elevated fuel prices. 6 billion.

7 billion, according to IBD MarketSurge. The stock closed Thursday more than 14% off its 52-week high and below its 50-day moving average. m. ET is October's consumer sentiment reading from the University of Michigan.

8. Included in the survey are year-ahead inflation expectations. 6% in the previous report. Top Funds Sink Their Teeth Into Apple Stock.

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