Stock Market News Today: Oct. 18, 2019

The stock market was down on Friday afternoon, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq hurting the most. While it's unclear exactly what drove the decline, worries about trade relations with China and a potential economic slowdown might be playing a role.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

Suffering steeper declines than the broader market were Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). The software company slumped on first-quarter results that just weren't good enough, while the consumer health giant tumbled following a voluntary recall of a signature product.

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