Stocks extend declines, 10-year Treasury holds below 5%: AlphaCheck

Good morning. Stocks declined on Friday , extending the prior session's tech-heavy losses.

Yields on the 10-year Treasury held near 4.97% after their biggest one-day drop since 2023.

Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data .

The Tech (XLK ) sector fell slightly after shares of chipmakers Nvidia ( NVDA ) and AMD ( AMD ) stabilized. Memory makers Micron ( MU ) and SK Hynix ( SKHY ) both rebounded.

Moderna ( MRNA ) sank another 6%, extending declines from the prior session following the lead data of the company's melanoma vaccine trial.

Brent crude oil futures ( BZ=F ) held near $110 per barrel, while WTI ( CL=F ) traded near $101 as traders priced in the possibility of escalating fighting in the Middle East.

Here are some other notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning: American Express ( AXP ), Western Digital ( WDC ), and Bloom Energy ( PG ).