Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) reported quarterly earnings of $2.13 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.22 by 4.05 percent. This is a 43.65 percent decrease over earnings of $3.78 per share from the same period last year.
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U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping over 50 points on Friday.