U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 1.5% on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.51% to 40,876.98 while the NASDAQ climbed 1.55% to 17,716.04. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.87% to 5,617.57.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Information technology shares rose by 2.5% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, health care stocks dipped by 1.4%.
Top Headline
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results on Wednesday.
The company reported third-quarter revenue of $70.07 billion, up 13% year-over-year. The revenue total beat a Street consensus estimate of $68.43 billion according to data from Benzinga Pro. Microsoft said it sees fourth-quarter sales of $73.150 billion to $74.250 billion, versus market estimates of $72.28 billion.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.8% to $58.69 while gold traded down 2.5% at $3,235.30.
Silver traded down 0.6% to $32.625 on Thursday, while copper rose 1.1% to $4.6580.
Euro zone
European shares were mixed today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.1%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.1%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed higher on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 1.13%.
Economics
- U.S. construction spending fell by 0.5% month-over-month to an annual rate of $2,196.1 billion in March.
- The ISM manufacturing PMI declined to 48.7 in April compared to 49.0 in March, above market estimates of 48.
- U.S. initial jobless claims increased by 18,000 to 241,000 in the week ending April 26, compared to market estimates of 224,000.
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