Benzinga | Jul 2, 2021 08:20AM EDT

Benzinga Pro's Top 5 Stocks To Watch For Friday, Jul. 2, 2021: ADP, DIDI, CRNC, ARWR, LEVI

Today's 5 Stock Ideas

* Automatic Data Processing (ADP) - A play on the jobs market. Investors will get a reading on jobs data during the month of June at 8:30 a.m. EDT Friday. Economists expect a non-farm sector reading of 700,000 jobs added. The unemployment rate is expected to decline from 5.8% to 5.7%.

* DiDi Global (DIDI) - A Friday morning report said the Chinese government launched a cybersecurity investigation into the company's DiDi Chuxing unit. The stock was down about 8% on the report.

* Cerence (CRNC) - The stock was up about 9% following news the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 index, effective Jul. 7, 2021.

* Arrowhead Pharma (ARWR) - Shares were down about 24% following news the company paused a Phase 1/2 trial.

* Levi Strauss (LEVI) - Will report Q2 earnings on Thursday of next week.