Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.10 percent to 16,649.78 while the NASDAQ surged 0.28 percent to 4,236.83. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.20 percent to 1,913.58.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Non-cyclical consumer goods & services sector was the top gainer in trading on Thursday. Top gainers in the sector included The Hillshire Brands Company HSH, up 16.2 percent, and Tyson Foods TSN, up 6.4 percent.
In trading on Thursday, utilities shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.37 percent. Top losers in the sector included Korea Electric Power KEP, down 3.1 percent, and Calpine CPN, off 1.4 percent.
Top Headline
On Wednesday, Apple AAPL announced that it will be buying Beats Electronics and Beats Music for $3 billion, making it the largest acquisition in the company’s history.
Apple is acquiring the two companies for a total of $3 billion, consisting of a purchase price of approximately $2.6 billion and approximately $400 million that will vest over time.
Equities Trading UP
The Hillshire Brands Company HSH shares shot up 15.94 percent to $51.96 following the announcement of $50.00 per share bid from Tyson Foods TSN.
Shares of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen PLKI got a boost, shooting up 12.37 percent to $42.78 after the company reported upbeat Q1 results and raised its FY14 earnings forecast.
Palo Alto Networks PANW shares were also up, gaining 9.05 percent to $75.80 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter results and said it settled patent dispute with Juniper Networks JNPR.
Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Fabrinet FN were 5.47 percent to $18.50 after the company priced a secondary offering by selling shareholder of 3.15 million shares.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding BAH shares tumbled 6.47 percent to $22.10 after the company announced the sale of 10 million shares of common stock for holders.
RCS Capital RCAP was down, falling 5.35 percent to $28.15 after the company 4:37 announced a proposed public offering of 15 million shares of Class A common stock.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.72 percent to $103.46, while gold traded down 0.22 percent to $1,256.90.
Silver traded down 0.39 percent Thursday to $18.99, while copper fell 0.84 percent to $3.15.
Eurozone
European shares were mostly lower today.
The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.06 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.27 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index tumbled 0.35 percent.
Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.07 percent and the French CAC 40 declined 0.02 percent while UK shares rose 0.28 percent.
Economics
The US economy shrank 1% in the first quarter, versus economists’ expectations for a 0.5% decline. US exports dropped 6%, while imports increased 0.7%.
US jobless claims declined 27,000 to 300,000 in the week ended May 24. However, economists were projecting claims to reach 318,000 in the week.
The pending home sales index increased 0.4% to reach 97.8 in April versus 97.4 in March, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Supplies of natural gas climbed 114 billion cubic feet for the week ended May 23, the US Energy Information Administration said. However, analysts were expecting a rise of 107 billion cubic feet to 111 billion cubic feet.
Data on money supply will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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