U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones dropping more than 200 points on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.82% to 30,026.56 while the NASDAQ fell 0.72% to 11,068.08. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.78% to 3,753.79.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
In trading on Thursday, utilities shares fell by 2.3%.
Top Headline
US initial jobless claims rose by 29,000 to 219,000 in the week that ended October 1st, above market expectations of 203,000.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.4% to $88.13, while gold traded down 0.1% at $1,720.20.
Silver traded down 0.5% to $20.45 on Thursday while copper fell 0.6% to $3.4790.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.7%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 1.2% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 1%. The German DAX dropped 0.4%, French CAC 40 fell 1% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 1.2%.
The S&P Global Eurozone construction PMI rose to 45.3 in September from 44.2 in the previous month, recording contraction for the fifth straight month. The S&P Global/CIPS UK construction PMI climbed to 52.3 in September from 49.2 in the prior month.
Economics
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COVID-19 Update
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 98,411,240 cases with around 1,086,680 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,604,460 cases and 528,740 deaths, while France reported over 35,639,690 COVID-19 cases with 155,310 deaths. In total, there were at least 625,040,080 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,555,810 deaths.
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