Major indexes managed to end the day flat after starting lower on a worse than expected jobless claims report.
Major Averages
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 19.7 points, or 0.12 percent, to 17,049.
- The S&P 500 added 1.8 points, or 0.09 percent, to 1,997.
- The Nasdaq Composite gained 5.3 points, or 0.12 percent, to close at 4,592.
Top Stories
315,000 initial jobless claims were filed last week while economists expected just 300,000. This compares to 302,000 initial claims in the previous week. Continuing jobless claims were in line.
Shares of Weibo WB shot up 13.3 percent Thursday as rumors spread that the company may be acquired by Alibaba. Alibaba currently owns 18 percent of Weibo.
Stock Movers
DS Uniphase JDSU shares shot up 10.3 percent to $13.35 after the company announced its plans to spin off its optical components and subsystem operation as a separate company.
Shares of Lululemon Athletica LULU got a boost, shooting up 13.9 percent to $43.73 after the company reported better than expected second quarter earnings.
Taminco TAM shares were also up, gaining 9.8 percent to $26.21 after the company agreed to be acquired by Eastman Chemical Company EMN for $26 per share.
Shares of E2open EOPN were down 26.3 percent to $11.51 after the company issued a weak full-year revenue forecast and announced the resignation of its chief sales officer, David Packer. The company also announced that its three customers will not be renewing contracts.
Crocs CROX was down, falling 5.3 percent to $14.25. Buckingham Research downgraded Crocs from Buy to Neutral.
Commodities
Energy prices shot higher Thursday, led by strong WTI gains. WTI crude futures were last up 1.63 percent to $93.16. Brent futures gained 0.27 percent to $98.30. Natural gas, however, sold off 2.81 percent on the session.
Precious metals continued their trek lower. At last check, COMEX gold futures were down 0.24 percent to $1,242.30. Silver contracts plummeted 1.17 percent to $18.71.
Global Markets
Asian markets were mixed last night, with strength coming from Japan. The Shanghai index fell 0.3 percent with Hong Kong's Hang Seng down 0.2 percent. Japan’s Nikkei added 0.8 percent.
European markets ended their session lower. The Euro Stoxx index, which tracks 50 eurozone blue chips, gave up 0.2 percent percent. London's FTSE gave up 0.5 percent, and France's CAC dropped 0.2 percent.
Currencies
The U.S. dollar once again showed its strength and play a role in keeping equities from moving higher. The PowerShares ETF UUP that tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of foreign currencies rose 0.1 percent to make a new year high.
Despite the strong dollar, the EUR/USD pair bounced off its low with a 0.04 percent gain Thursday.
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