TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

Stocks ended the day mixed with a slight bias to the upside, especially among the blue chips.

The Dow gained 12.78 on the day. The Nasdaq Composite ended lower by 8.70. And the S&P 500 added 3.18.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday.

Upscale women's clothing retailer Ann Taylor (ANN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports earnings Friday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.48.

Massey Energy (MEE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was among the energy stocks continuing to move higher on Thursday. MEE was up more than 6% on the day.

An analyst with Ladenburg Thalmann upgraded shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) to a "buy", saying that the investment bank was increasingly likely to be the target of a takeover.

Citigroup analysts lowered their third quarter earnings estimates for Goldman Sachs (GS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) among other Wall Street investment banks.

Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. (PLCE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) gained more than 11% on Thursday after reporting quarterly earnings losses that were not as bad as analysts had feared.

Slowing sales growth was blamed for the disappointing quarter reported by Salesforce.com (CRM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which ended the day down more than 18%.

Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) rallied by more than 15% on Thursday on surprisingly optimistic full year earnings guidance. The retailer also announced quarterly earnings that were not as poor as expected.

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