7 Stocks you need to know for Friday

Nothing could stop the bulls from surging to three sequential positive closes on Thursday. Poor earnings from Wal-Mart and unemployment concerns did little to squelch the uber positive sentiment. Good word from the regional manufacturing front added to the bullish fever. Friday, the final trading day of the week, presents a handful of earnings announcements and the Consumer Price Index to investors. Thursday's session closed with the DJIA surging 83.66, the Nasdaq advanced 15.42 and the S&P 500 climbed 7.24.

Here are 7 stocks you need to know for Friday.

Rite Aid Corp ( RAD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) has become a hot takeover target.

J.C. Penney Company Inc ( JCP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announces before the bell with an expected EPS of 82 cents.

A 12 cent loss is projected for Huntsman ( HUN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) before the open.

Stun gun maker, Taser International Inc ( TASR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), has analysts awaiting an EPS of 2 cents prior to the open.

Sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc ( WMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) missed estimates by .6% despite aggressive internal efforts to hit projections.

Las Vegas Sands ( LVS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) met analyst's estimates however shares led the Russell 1000 index lower on the day.

On line travel king pin, Priceline.com Inc ( PCLN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), beat estimates sending shares to 9 year highs.