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flag U.S. stocks rose Friday despite shutdown fears and a missing jobs report, ending the week positive across major indices.

flag U.S. stocks rose Friday, with the Dow gaining over 200 points, as markets ignored a government shutdown threat and a missing jobs report, ending the week with all major indices in positive territory. flag Analysts highlighted several stocks: John Todaro of Needham raised Robinhood’s target to $145 on strong event contract growth; Trevor Walsh of JMP upgraded AeroVironment to Market Outperform with a $400 target after winning a $499 million Air Force contract; Patrick Moley of Morgan Stanley boosted CME’s target to $312, citing plans for 24/7 crypto trading by 2026; Leo Mariani of Roth Capital raised Occidental Petroleum’s target to $46 after Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy OxyChem for $9.7 billion; and Peter Arment of Baird increased AeroVironment’s target to $350. flag These moves are based on Benzinga’s analyst accuracy data.

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