U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining by more than 400 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded up 1.03% to 43,855.97 while the NASDAQ fell 0.10% to 18,948.11. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.41% to 5,941.38.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares rose by 1.5% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, communication services shares fell by 2.7%.

Top Headline

Deere & Co (NYSE:DE) reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter.

The company posted a fourth-quarter net sales and revenue decline of 28% year-over-year to $11.143 billion, beating the consensus of $9.335 billion. Deere clocked an EPS of $4.55, down from $8.26 YoY, beating the consensus of $3.90

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 1.1% to $69.61 while gold traded up 0.7% at $2,670.90.

Silver traded down 0.3% to $30.910 on Thursday, while copper fell 0.5% to $4.1340.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.15%, Germany's DAX gained 0.46% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.05%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.02%, while London's FTSE 100 gained 0.57%.

Consumer confidence in the Eurozone fell by 1.2 points to a reading of -13.7 in November.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.85%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.53%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.07% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.54%.

Economics

• U.S. existing home sales gained by 3.5% from the previous month to an annualized rate of 3.96 million in October.
• The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index fell to -5.5 in November from 10.3 in the previous month, and compared to market estimates of 8.
• U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 6,000 from the previous week to 213,000 in the week ending Nov. 16.

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