- Top laggard Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares gave up $2.75, or 19.5% Friday IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF had a negative day Friday (down 0.039%).
- FTSE added 0.74% to trade at 7,627.2.
Markets are closed due to the Memorial Day holiday but will reopen tomorrow. Looking back over the previous session, leading equity indices in the US rose as Nasdaq ended the session at 12,976 after a 2.19% gain. S&P 500 gained 1.3% and closed at 4,205.45.
US traders are set to return to their desks tomorrow. Meanwhile, elsewhere in equities, upbeat European markets ended Friday higher as FTSE is up by 0.74%, hitting 7,627.2. Asia-Pacific markets closed higher today whilst ASX 200 is up by 0.87%, hitting 7,217.4.
Aurora Cannabis Inc. & Nano Dimension Ltd. have released their earnings reports with Coupa Software Incorporated and Science Applications International Corporation are set to publish their respective reports as scheduled.
Furthermore, the market is looking at United States Consumer Confidence projected to come out at 99 — worse than previous data of 101.3; data will be released tomorrow at 14:00 UTC.
Elsewhere, United States JOLTs Job Openings (Apr) is expected Wednesday.
While most assets did well Friday, some did better than others as Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares trades at $22.88 having gained 19.48%.
Friday's bullishness contained stragglers as Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares closed at $11.35 having dropped 19.5%. IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF had a negative day Friday (down 0.039%).
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF | Ended Friday's session at $25.35
Following a month of flat trade, Pointing in a similar direction, Friday's session was more of the same — iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF moves 0.04% to close at $25.35 Friday.
Friday's 19.5% loss extends a 3 day bearish run in which Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares had already lost $3.47 from its share value.