midway through trading friday the dow traded up 025 to 3569068 while the nasdaq fell 046 to 1514578 the sp also rose gaining 002 to 455053 the us has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world reporting a total of 46174540 cases with around 753740 deaths india confirmed a total of at least 34143230 cases and 453070 deaths while brazil reported over 21697340 covid19 cases with 604760 deaths in total there were at least 243376290 cases of covid19 worldwide with more than 4947530 deaths according to data compiled by johns hopkins university financials shares gained by 09 on friday meanwhile top gainers in the sector included svb financial group nasdaq sivb up 6 and american express company nyse axp up 5 american express company nyse axp reported betterthanexpected results for its third quarter american express reported quarterly earnings of 227 per share beating analysts’ estimates of 180 per share the company reported quarterly revenue of 1093 billion versus analysts’ estimates of 1052 billion creatd inc nasdaq crtd shares shot up 72 to 502 whe agency parent company creatd signed creator alexis larue the financial terms of the contract remain undisclosed shares of digital world acquisition corp nasdaq dwac got a boost shooting 147 to 11245 digital world acquisition surged around 357 on thursday following an announcement the company will merge with trump media  technology group phunware inc nasdaq phun shares were also up gaining 449 to 840 phunware shares jumped over 45 on thursday possibly in sympathy with digital world acquisition as traders circulated an article from may 2020 highlight a partnership between phunware and the former trump campaign check out these big movers of the day metacrine inc nasdaq mtcr shares tumbled 57 to 16609 after the company reported interim results for the met642 phase 2a trial in patients with nash and announced a strategic reprioritization of its clinical development programs shares of ocular therapeutix inc nasdaq ocul were down 36 to 697 after the company announced topline results for its phase 2 clinical trial of otxcsi for the treatment of dry eye disease did not meet the primary endpoint snap inc nyse snap was down falling 23 to 5779 snap reported upbeat earnings for its third quarter while sales missed expectations the company also issued q4 sales guidance below estimates in commodity news oil traded up 06 to 8296 while gold traded up 17 to 181180 silver traded up 27 friday to 2483 while copper fell 16 to 44860 european shares were mostly higher today the eurozone’s stoxx 600 climbed 068 the spanish ibex index rose 003 and the german dax 30 gained 079 meanwhile the london’s ftse 100 rose 054 french cac 40 climbed 102 and italy’s ftse mib gained 035 the ihs markit services pmi for eurozone declined to 547 in october from 564 in the earlier month while manufacturing pmi slipped to 585 from 586 german manufacturing pmi dropped to 582 in october from 584 in september while services pmi slipped to 524 in october from 562 french manufacturing pmi fell to 535 in october from 55 while services pmi rose to 566 in october retail sales in the uk fell 02 in september while gfk consumer confidence index dropped for the third straight month to a reading of 17 in october uk’s composite pmi climbed to 568 in october from 549 in the prior month the ihs markit manufacturing pmi dropped to 592 in october from 607 in september while services pmi rose to 582 from 549 the baker hughes north american rig count report for the latest week will be released at 100 pm et check out the full economic calendar here