For April 8th, 2019, stocks were slightly higher, with the total market rising just 0.09% for the day.

The top performing business sector for the day was energy stocks, rising 0.44%, with utilities stocks performing the worst in the market.

Here's how some of the most popular companies performed:

• Facebook Inc. (FB) -0.45%
• United States Oil Fund (USO) +1.9%
• Netflix Inc. (NFLX) -1.12%
• Nike Inc. (NKE) -0.78%
• Lee Enterprises Incorporated (LEE) -2.5%

City Stocks

Let's have a look at some NYC-based companies:

MetLife (MET) 📉

Down 0.11% to $45.01

MetLife provides insurance and annuities and is headquartered at the MetLife building in Midtown above Grand Central Terminal, formerly the PanAm building.

Today's price for MetLife is $3.91 off its 52-week high price of $48.92

JetBlue (JBLU) 📉

Today's price for JetBlue is $1.39 away from its 52-week low price of $15.19

Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) 📉

Today's price for Madison Square Garden Company is $33.01 off its 52-week high price of $330.00

Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) 📉

Today's price for Nielsen Holdings is $5.49 off its 52-week low price of $20.53

Verizon (VZ) 📈

Verizon is a multinational telecommunications company formed from Bell Atlantic and NYNEX and is based at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in the former New York Telephone building.

This price for Verizon is $2.45 away from its 52-week high price of $61.58

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