Dow Gains Over 100 Points; Delta Air Lines Shares Fall After Q3 Results

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 100 points on Friday. Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.27% to 51,370.02 while the NASDAQ gained 0.28% to 27,270.15. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.23% to 7,783.75. Leading and Lagging Sectors Consumer discretionary shares jumped by 1.2% on Friday. In trading on Friday, information technology stocks fell by 0.1%. Top Headline Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) stock fell around 3% on Friday after the airline reported third-quarter 2026 results that beat Wall Street’s revenue estimate but missed adjusted earnings expectations. Delta reported adjusted earnings of $1.72 per share, missing the $1.81 estimate. Revenue rose 21% year over year to $20.186 billion, beating the $17.654 billion estimate. The company also cut its full-year earnings outlook as higher fuel costs continued to pressure profitability. Equities Trading UP WF Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:WFF) shares shot up 78% to $3.64 after the company announced it will be acquired by Viatris. Shares of OFA Group (NASDAQ:OFAL) got a boost, surging 53% to $0.63. OFA Group completed acquisition and title registration of Tokawa Coastal Property in Choshi, Japan. Veea Inc (NASDAQ:VEEA) shares were also up, gaining 49% to $5.77 after the company announced it regained Nasdaq compliance. Equities Trading DOWN China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SXTC) shares dipped 44% to $0.19. China SXT Pharmaceuticals recently announced a $12 million offering of 8 million shares at $1.50 per share. Shares of SCWorx Corp. (NASDAQ:WORX) were down 29% to $2.99. Darkiris Inc. (NASDAQ:DKI) was down, falling 24% to $0.5700. DarkIris recently announced the pricing of its $6 million offering of 4,166,666 units. CommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded down 2.2% to $91.29 while gold traded up 1.5% at $4,218.10. Silver traded up 3.2% to $61.325 on Friday, while copper rose 2.2% to $6.7150. Euro zone European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 1.1%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index gained 1.2%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 1.2%, Germany’s DAX gained 1.3%, while France’s CAC 40 jumped 1.1%. Asia Pacific Markets Asian markets closed mostly higher on Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 0.02%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index jumping 1.79%, China’s SSE Composite Index rising 0.05% and India’s BSE Sensex gaining 1.23%. Economics The University of Michigan’s consumer confidence index fell to 46.30 points in October from 48.10 points in the previous month. Photo via Shutterstock