{"id":121523,"date":"2021-04-16T12:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=121523"},"modified":"2021-04-16T12:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:29:39","slug":"5-things-to-know-before-the-stock-market-opens-friday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/5-things-to-know-before-the-stock-market-opens-friday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:<\/em><\/p>\n Dow futures rose modestly Friday, a day after the 30-stock average gained nearly 1% and closed above 34,000 for the first time ever. The S&P 500 increased 1.1% to another record close. The Nasdaq had the best day, jumping 1.3% and finishing 0.4% away from its February closing record. Tech stocks rallied Thursday as the 10-year Treasury yield slipped below 1.6%. Spiking bond yields dragged growth names down to their recent lows last month. Morgan Stanley on Friday morning reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in the first quarter on strong bond trading results, following a week of stellar quarterly results to by financial firms.<\/p>\n Blowout March retail sales Thursday helped lift stocks \u2014 and Friday, investors get a look at the red-hot residential real estate market at 8:30 a.m. ET. The Commerce Department is set to issue March numbers on housing starts and building permits. New construction is expected to surge 14% after February's 10.3% drop. Permits are seen rising 4% after a 10.8% decline in February. Homebuilders have recently been increasing production, and new government Covid stimulus could add to that trend.<\/p>\n China reported first-quarter gross domestic product a touch below expectations as industrial production disappointed but retail sales beat estimates. GDP soared 18.3% in the first three months of the year from a year earlier, China's National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. In the first quarter last year, the economy shrank by 6.8% \u2014 during the height of the domestic Covid outbreak.<\/p>\n\n
1. Dow set to rise after closing above 34,000 for first time ever<\/h2>\n
2. Homebuilding in March is expected to have been strong<\/h2>\n
3. Chinese economy grew 18.3% in Q1 in Covid bounce back<\/h2>\n