RTTNews | Jul 17, 2020 04:45PM EDT

04:45 Friday, July 17, 2020

|BEGINSUB|Asian Shares Mostly Higher In Cautious Trade|ENDSUB|Asian stocks ended mostly higher on Friday as optimism over additional economy-boosting measures in major countries outweighed concerns about rising coronavirus infections and worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing.

|BEGINSUB|European Stocks Close Mixed After Cautious Session|ENDSUB|European stocks ended on a somewhat mixed note on Friday as investors largely refrained from making significant moves as they looked ahead to the outcome of the EU Summit.

|BEGINSUB|U.S. Stocks Close Mixed Following Lackluster Session|ENDSUB|Following the pullback seen in the previous session, stocks showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading day on Friday. The major averages spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line before closing mixed.

|BEGINSUB|Stock Alert: Applied DNA Sciences Jumps 50% On Positive COVID-19 Vaccine Data |ENDSUB|Shares of Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. are surging more than 50 percent or $4.51 in Friday's morning trade at $13.50 after the company reported positive preclinical results from its LineaDNA vaccine candidates for COVID-19.

Friday, Applied DNA Sciences said that linear-DNA forms of COVID-19 vaccine candidates under development by its partner Takis Biotech and manufactured by the company yielded strong antibody and T-cell responses even at very low doses of linear DNA, raising the potential of effective dosing empowering global utility.

|BEGINSUB|Stock Alert: Envision Solar Hits 52-week High |ENDSUB|Shares of Envision Solar International, Inc. (EVSI) are climbing more than 14 percent or $1.69 in Friday's morning trade at $13.29, after touching a new 52-week high of $13.88 earlier despite the absence of any specific news that can move the stock.

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday despite concerns about the recent spike in coronavirus cases. Recent upbeat news on a potential coronavirus vaccine seemingly has traders looking toward an eventual future where the pandemic no longer weighs on the economy.

|BEGINSUB|Lyft To Provide Drivers With Vehicle Partitions |ENDSUB|TS:LYFT Inc. said it will make available vehicle partitions to its drivers in the coming months, saying that the move is part of the ride-hailing companys commitment to driver safety amid the coronavirus pandemic.

TS:LYFT said in a blog post that in the next month, it expects to have made tens of thousands of partitions available to its U.S. drivers for free, with the goal of providing 50 percent ride coverage in these markets.

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