TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

A Moody’s downgrade of Greece’s debt sent a bearish shiver into the markets spine today. Fear of the international downgrade spreading combined with worse then expected job figures pressured stocks lower on the session. Word that Apple may conduct a 4 to 1 stock split added some bullish sentiment lifting the closing numbers well off the lows. The final trading day of the week brings traders the GDP figures as well as earnings from several key names. The DJIA ended the session down 53.13, the tech heavy Nasdaq gave back 1.68 and the broad based S&P 500 fell 2.31

Here are 7 stocks you need to know for Friday.

Warren Buffet’s baby, ^BRKA^, reports after the close with an unknown forecast at this time.

Rumors of ^AAPL^ splitting its stock 4 to 1 persist on the Street.

^KO^ agreed to buy ^CCE^, North American’s bottling division.

Catherine Smith, the CEO of ^GME^, resigned to take up a position with ^WMT^.

^MGLN^ reports before the open with a forecast EPS of $1.04.

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