Dow Jumps Over 200 Points; US Producer Prices Rise In August

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, following the release of PPI data.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.71% to 34,820.58 while the NASDAQ rose 0.27% to 13,849.49. The S&P 500, also rose, gaining, 0.53% to 4,491.20.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 1.4% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, consumer discretionary shares fell by 0.1%.

Top Headline

Producer prices in the U.S. rose by 0.7% in August 2023, higher than market expectations for a 0.4% increase.

Equities Trading UP

First Wave BioPharma, Inc. FWBI shares shot up 105% to $0.8931 after the company announced license agreement for capeserod from Sanofi.

Shares of PFSweb, Inc. PFSW got a boost, shooting 48% to $7.42 after GXO Logistics announced it will acquire the company.

TradeUP Acquisition Corp. UPTD shares were also up, gaining 30% to $9.88.

Equities Trading DOWN

Sezzle Inc. SEZL shares dropped 67% to $28.60.

Shares of Clearmind Medicine Inc. CMND were down 54% to $0.1862. Clearmind Medicine announced pricing of $2.25 million public offering of 7.5 million shares at $0.30/share.

BIOLASE, Inc. BIOL was down, falling 43% to $1.8610 after the company announced pricing of a $4.5 million underwritten public offering of Series J Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and warrants.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 1.5% to $89.84 while gold traded down 0.3% at $1,926.10.

Silver traded down 1.8% to $22.755 on Thursday while copper rose 0.3% to $3.8025.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 1.2% London’s FTSE 100 gained 1.4% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 1.1% The German DAX rose 0.8% French CAC 40 climbed 0.8%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index climbed 1.1%.

The ECB raised interest rates for the 10th straight time on September 14.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 1.41%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rising 0.21% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.11%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, rose 0.1%.

India's wholesale prices fell by 0.52% year-over-year in August following a 1.36% decline in the earlier month. Industrial production in Japan fell by 1.8% month-over-month in July versus a final 2.4% increase in the prior month. Japan's core machinery orders declined 1.1% month-over-month in July following a 2.7% growth in June.

Economics

Producer prices in the U.S. rose by 0.7% in August 2023, higher than market expectations for a 0.4% increase.

Retail sales in the U.S. rose 0.6% month-over-month in August following a revised 0.5% increase in July.

U.S. initial jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 220,000 in the week ending Sept. 9, versus market estimates of 225,000.

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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 108,386,680 cases with around 1,174,840 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,997,910 cases and 531,930 deaths, while France reported over 40,138,560 COVID-19 cases with 167,640 deaths. In total, there were at least 695,248,690 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,915,120 deaths.