Stocks, nat gas rise, Bed Bath & Beyond activist win

Marijuana stocks jump after the Senate passed pot research bill

U.S. stocks ended mostly higher Friday after the European Union and the United States unveiled a deal to supply Europe with more U.S. liquefied natural gas to help reduce dependency on Russia. 

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Ticker Security Last Change Change %
I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 44782 -128.65 -0.29%
SP500 S&P 500 6047.15 +14.77 +0.24%
I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 19403.947849 +185.78 +0.97%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 153 points or 0.44%, while S&P 500 gained 0.5%. The Nasdaq Composite ended marginally lower. All three of the major averages rose for the week. 

President Biden said more sanctions were meant to "increase the pain" on Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the leaders released no details of possible new penalties.

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Nat gas closed around $5.57 level, while U.S. oil prices slipped to the $113.90 level. Brent, the global benchmark, fell to $120.65. For the week, crude rose over 10%. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
UNG UNITED STATES NATURAL GAS FUND - USD ACC 14.31 -0.84 -5.54%
USO UNITED STATES OIL FUND - USD ACC 74.25 +1.05 +1.43%
BNO UNITED STATES BRENT OIL FUND - USD ACC 29.82 +0.25 +0.85%

Gas prices hovered at $4.24 per barrel. 

In stocks, marijuana companies jumped after the Senate passed a bill to expand scientific and medical research on marijuana and its compounds, including cannabidiol.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
TLRY TILRAY BRANDS INC. 1.34 +0.03 +2.29%
CRON CRONOS GROUP INC. 2.08 +0.03 +1.46%
ACB AURORA CANNABIS INC. 4.34 +0.04 +0.93%
SNDL SNDL 1.98 0.00 0.00%

Bed Bath & Beyond shares rose after announcing a "cooperation deal" with Chewy founder Ryan Cohen's RC Ventures, which owns 9.8% of company shares. Three of the firm's members will join the Board of Directors. Cohen has called out CEO Mark Tritton for poor leadership and high compensation. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
BBBY NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -

Chinese ADRs under pressure after a U.S. accounting board said it continues to press companies for information from auditors. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
DIDI NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
BABA ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD. 87.40 +0.80 +0.92%
JD JD.COM INC. 37.38 +0.19 +0.51%

In economic reports:

The University of Michigan’s final index of consumer sentiment for March sank to 59.4 a reading below 60 suggest contraction and the lowest in 11 years. 

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The National Association of Realtors index of pending home sales for February fell 4.1%. Economists surveyed by Refinitiv are looking for an increase of 1%, following a surprise decline of 5.7% in January attributed to low inventory and rising borrowing costs. 

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In cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin hit the $44,000 level. 

FOX Business' Ken Martin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.