It’s been a continual seesaw for stocks this week amid persistent worries of slowing global economic growth and concerns that companies have seen peak earnings growth. Friday continued the trend, starting out on a sour note following earnings reports from two of the biggest tech companies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.59% was down as much as 2.2% in morning trading, while the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.85% lost as much as 2.9% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.96% declined as much as 3.6%.
Mixed results from Amazon.com AMZN, -6.49% disappointed investors and sent the shares down as much as 10% in morning trading. Google holding company Alphabet GOOG, -0.56% GOOGL, -0.46% beat analysts’ earnings estimates but reported sales that didn’t grow as fast as expected, and those shares fell as well.
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Friday’s biggest losers
Here’s how all 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average were faring at about 11:15 a.m. ET:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Oct. 26 | Price change – Sept. 28 through Oct. 26 | Price change – 2018 through Oct. 26 | Price change – 2017 |
| Home Depot Inc. | HD, -2.93% | -4.3% | -17.3% | -9.6% | 41.4% |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | CSCO, -1.25% | -3.1% | -9.5% | 15.0% | 26.7% |
| Visa Inc. Class A | V, -0.89% | -2.9% | -9.1% | 19.6% | 46.1% |
| American Express Co. | AXP, -1.72% | -2.8% | -5.4% | 1.4% | 34.1% |
| Microsoft Corp. | MSFT, -0.02% | -2.6% | -7.7% | 23.4% | 37.7% |
| DowDuPont Inc. | DWDP, -0.52% | -2.6% | -19.8% | -27.6% | 24.5% |
| Nike Inc. Class B | NKE, -0.86% | -2.5% | -15.8% | 14.0% | 23.1% |
| Boeing Co. | BA, -0.62% | -2.4% | -4.5% | 20.4% | 89.4% |
| Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. | BBBY, -1.12% | -2.3% | -12.5% | -40.3% | -45.9% |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL, -0.45% | -2.2% | -4.8% | 27.0% | 46.1% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | UNH, -1.25% | -2.2% | -2.8% | 17.3% | 37.8% |
| Coca-Cola Co. | KO, -1.41% | -1.9% | -1.2% | -0.5% | 10.7% |
| United Technologies Corp. | UTX, +0.13% | -1.8% | -12.6% | -4.2% | 16.4% |
| Pfizer Inc. | PFE, -1.36% | -1.8% | -3.2% | 17.8% | 11.5% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | GS, -0.60% | -1.6% | -6.1% | -17.3% | 6.4% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM, -0.62% | -1.5% | -8.4% | -3.4% | 23.9% |
| International Business Machines Corp. | IBM, -1.28% | -1.3% | -17.4% | -18.6% | -7.6% |
| McDonald’s Corp. | MCD, -0.96% | -1.2% | 3.6% | 0.7% | 41.4% |
| Walt Disney Co. | DIS, -0.43% | -1.0% | -3.3% | 5.2% | 3.2% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ, -1.01% | -1.0% | -0.8% | -1.9% | 21.3% |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | MRK, +0.21% | -1.0% | -2.3% | 23.1% | -4.4% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG, -0.80% | -0.9% | 6.0% | -4.0% | 9.3% |
| Travelers Cos. Inc. | TRV, +0.05% | -0.9% | -7.4% | -11.4% | 10.8% |
| Walmart Inc. | WMT, -0.58% | -0.9% | 4.7% | -0.4% | 42.9% |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ, -0.14% | -0.8% | 4.8% | 5.7% | -0.8% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | XOM, -0.31% | -0.8% | -8.6% | -7.1% | -7.3% |
| 3M Co. | MMM, +0.69% | -0.6% | -12.7% | -21.8% | 31.8% |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX, +0.51% | -0.3% | -9.0% | -11.1% | 6.4% |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | WBA, +0.79% | 0.0% | 3.9% | 4.3% | -12.3% |
| Intel Corp. | INTC, +4.31% | 3.0% | -3.5% | -1.2% | 27.3% |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
You can click on the tickers for more about each company, including news, profiles, price ratios, charts and financials.
Here are the morning’s 10 biggest losers among the S&P 500:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Oct. 26 | Price change – Sept. 28 through Oct. 26 | Price change – 2018 through Oct. 26 | Price change – 2017 |
| Mohawk Industries Inc. | MHK, -20.44% | -20.8% | -31.8% | -56.6% | 38.2% |
| Western Digital Corp. | WDC, -17.52% | -19.6% | -25.8% | -45.4% | 17.0% |
| SVB Financial Group | SIVB, -10.50% | -12.1% | -25.4% | -0.8% | 36.2% |
| Cerner Corp. | CERN, -10.22% | -11.9% | -14.7% | -18.5% | 42.3% |
| Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. | FBHS, -6.52% | -11.2% | -20.7% | -39.3% | 28.0% |
| Seagate Technology PLC | STX, -6.08% | -10.0% | -19.0% | -8.4% | 9.6% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | AMD, -7.39% | -9.8% | -43.7% | 69.2% | -9.3% |
| CenturyLink Inc. | CTL, -6.10% | -8.7% | -9.3% | 15.3% | -29.9% |
| Amazon.com Inc. | AMZN, -6.49% | -8.6% | -18.7% | 39.2% | 56.0% |
| Weyerhaeuser Co. | WY, -6.13% | -8.5% | -17.9% | -24.8% | 17.2% |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
And here are the 10 worst performers among the Nasdaq 100 NDX, -1.13% at about 11:15 a.m. ET:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Oct. 26 | Price change – Sept. 28 through Oct. 26 | Price change – 2018 through Oct. 26 | Price change – 2017 |
| Western Digital Corp. | WDC, -17.52% | -19.6% | -25.8% | -45.4% | 17.0% |
| Cerner Corp. | CERN, -10.22% | -11.9% | -14.7% | -18.5% | 42.3% |
| Seagate Technology PLC | STX, -6.08% | -10.0% | -19.0% | -8.4% | 9.6% |
| Amazon.com Inc. | AMZN, -6.49% | -8.6% | -18.7% | 39.2% | 56.0% |
| Charter Communications Inc. Class A | CHTR, -4.70% | -7.6% | -10.7% | -13.4% | 16.7% |
| Micron Technology Inc. | MU, -3.29% | -5.7% | -23.3% | -15.6% | 87.6% |
| vidia Corp. | NVDA, -2.43% | -5.6% | -30.2% | 1.4% | 81.3% |
| Broadcom Inc. | AVGO, -3.77% | -5.4% | -14.8% | -18.1% | 45.3% |
| Workday Inc. Class A | WDAY, -1.41% | -5.2% | -18.3% | 17.3% | 53.9% |
| Netflix Inc. | NFLX, -1.34% | -5.1% | -20.6% | 54.7% | 55.1% |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
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