U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 1% on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.17% to 42,170.51 while the NASDAQ jumped 1.16% to 19,322.40. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.69% to 5,929.30.
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Information technology shares jumped by 1.5% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, consumer staples stocks fell by 0.2%.
Top Headline
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA reported better-than-expected revenue for the first quarter.
The company posted first-quarter revenue of $44.1 billion, up 69% year-over-year and up 12% from the fourth quarter. The revenue beat a Street consensus estimate of $43.2 billion. Nvidia reported adjusted earnings of 81 cents per share in the first quarter. Nvidia said it sees second-quarter revenue of $45.0 billion, +/- 2%. The guidance includes the loss of $8.0 billion in H20 revenue due to the export controls.
Equities Trading UP
- Alzamend Neuro, Inc. ALZN shares shot up 140% to $7.95 after the company dosed the first patient in its Phase II clinical trial of AL001.
- Shares of Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. STRM got a boost, surging 123% to $4.9525 after the company announced MDaudit will acquire the company for $5.34 per share in cash.
- Healthcare Triangle, Inc. HCTI shares were also up, gaining 105% to $0.0119.
Equities Trading DOWN
- Elong Power Holding Limited ELPW shares dropped 62% to $1.31.
- Shares of Brooge Energy Limited BROG were down 58% to $1.7699. Brooge Energy announced voluntarily delisting from the Nasdaq.
- Revelation Biosciences, Inc. REVB was down, falling 52% to $0.9394 after the company announced a $4 million public offering.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 1.1% to $61.17 while gold traded up 1.4% at $3,339.40.
Silver traded up 0.6% to $33.355 on Thursday, while copper rose 0.9% to $4.7170.
Euro zone
European shares were mixed today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.1%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.2%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 0.2% and France's CAC 40 gained 0.2% during the session.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed higher on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 1.88%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rising 1.35%, China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.70% and India's BSE Sensex rising 0.39%.
Economics
- U.S. initial jobless claims rose by 14,000 from the previous week to 240,000 in the week ending May 24th, compared to market estimates of 230,000.
- The U.S. economy shrank at an annualized rate of 0.2% in the first quarter, compared to the initial estimate of a 0.3% decline.
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