U.S. Indexes Closed Up Friday; Lumentum Holdings Led Increases

Stock indexes in the U.S. climbed Friday with the rising 1.08%. Meanwhile, the rose 0.98%, and the increased 0.88%.

Small-cap stocks, as per the , increased 2.86%, while the Cboe Volatility Index was down 10.18%.

Among companies with at least $10 billion in market value, Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE), was the biggest leader during the session, increasing 9.58%, and Ross Stores Inc. (ROST) gained 8.41%. Rocket Cos. Inc. (RKT) rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares adding 7.82%.

Veeva Systems Inc. Cl A (VEEV) posted the largest decline, dropping 9.77%, followed by Oracle Corp. (ORCL) shares, which dropped 5.76%. Shares of Snowflake Inc. (SNOW) declined 4.34%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.16%, while gold futures were up 0.08%. fell 0.09% to $84,459.

The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.069%.

Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index dropping 2.40% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 2.45%.

In Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index flat and the FTSE 100 Index gaining 0.13% from the previous close.

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