Stocks were poised to post their third week of gains in a row as third-quarter results are proving to be overall better than predictable.
U.S. markets opened higher and were bouncing around unchanged this afternoon in what traders described as a slow session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 15 points, or 0.1%, to 17156. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% and NASDAQ Composite slipped 0.1%.
U.S. stocks are poised to finish the week in the black, boosted by third-quarter earnings that have beaten expectations. This would be the third successive week of gains, the longest streak since February for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged up to 2.023% on Friday from 2.025% on Thursday. Yields rise as prices fall.
Markets in Asia and Europe also gained Friday.
On Friday, Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), lost -0.25% to $33.40.
Yahoo, offered 77.90% EPS for prior five years. The company has 19.50% return on equity value while its ROI ratio was -9.70%. The company has $31.52B market capitalizations and the institutional ownership was 69.70%. Its price to book ratio was 0.94. Volatility of the stock was 2.17% for the week while for the month booked as 2.93%.
Yahoo! Inc. provides search and display advertising services on Yahoo properties and associate sites worldwide. The company offers Yahoo Search that serves as a starting point to navigate the Internet and discover information; and Yahoo Answers, which enables users to seek, discover, and share knowledge and opinions across mobile phones, tablets, and desktops.
On other hand, Shares of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), inclined 1.29% to $97.20, during its current trading session.
Facebook, has beta value of 0.74. The company has the market capitalization of $270.37B. Return on assets ratio of the company was 11% while its return on equity ratio was 12.40%. ATR value of company was 2.29 while stock volatility for week was 1.77% while for month was 2.67%. Debt to equity ratio of the company was 0.00 and its current ratio was 9.
Facebook, Inc. operates as a social networking company worldwide. It provides a set of development tools and application programming interfaces that enable developers to integrate with Facebook to create mobile and Web applications.
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