U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with Dow Jones gaining around 450 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded up 1.32% to 34,429.39 while the NASDAQ rose 1.27% to 13,799.28. The S&P 500, also rose, gaining, 1.31% to 4,429.89.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

• Health care shares jumped by 1.4% on Thursday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Verastem, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSTM), up 21%, and Verve Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VERV), up 12%.
• In trading on Thursday, real estate shares fell by 0.3%.

Top Headline

Jabil Inc (NYSE:JBL) reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.

Jabil reported third-quarter FY23 revenue growth of 1.8% year-on-year to $8.48 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $8.20 billion. The company’s adjusted EPS of $1.99 beat the consensus of $1.87.

Equities Trading UP

• EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:EDTX) shares shot up 189% to $32.04. EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corp II reported an amendment to extend date to consummate a business combination from June 15, 2023 to Dec. 15, 2023.
• Shares of VIQ Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:VQS) got a boost, shooting 33% to $0.3490 after the company partnered with Justice AV Solutions to bring AI-generated draft transcripts of courtroom proceedings.
• AMMO, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWW) shares were also up, gaining 16% to $2.37 after the company posted upbeat quarterly results.

Equities Trading DOWN

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 3.1% to $70.36 while gold traded up 0.1% at $1,971.30.

Silver traded down 0.8% to $23.925 on Thursday while copper rose 0.7% to $3.8950.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.13%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.34% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.02% The German DAX dropped 0.13% French CAC 40 fell 0.51% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.28%.

The European Central Bank increased interest rates by 25 basis points during its June meeting. The Eurozone recorded a deficit of EUR 11.7 billion in April versus a year-ago gap of EUR 34.5 billion.

Spanish trade deficit shrank to EUR 4.38 billion in April from EUR 6.39 billion in the year-ago month. French consumer price inflation was confirmed at 5.1% year-over-year in May, recording the lowest level since April 2022.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropping 0.05%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gaining 2.17% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.74%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.5%.

India's merchandise trade deficit shrank to $22.12 billion in May from $24.29 billion in the year-ago month. Manufacturing production in Hong Kong surged 3.9% year-over-year in the first quarter versus a 0.1% drop in the prior period. Japan's trade deficit narrowed to JPY 1,372.5 billion in May from JPY 2,366.1 billion in the year-ago month.

Chinese retail sales climbed by 12.7% year-over-year in May, while unemployment rate came in unchanged at 5.2% in May. China's industrial production surged by 3.5% year-over-year in May. The People’s Bank of China cut the one-year medium-term lending facility rate by 10 basis points to 2.65%, while Hong Kong Monetary Authority held its base rate unchanged at 5.5%.

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 107,198,300 cases with around 1,166,860 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,993,180 cases and 531,890 deaths, while France reported over 40,118,610 COVID-19 cases with 167,500 deaths. In total, there were at least 690,356,740 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,891,280 deaths.