
U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 150 points on Thursday.
The Dow traded up 0.32% to 52,654.48 while the NASDAQ slipped 0.03% to 25,458.52. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.12% to 7,628.64.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares jumped by 1.8% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, materials stocks fell 0.6%.
Top Headline
Legence Corp. (NASDAQ:LGN) reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and issued fourth-quarter sales guidance above estimates.
Legence reported quarterly earnings of $1.15 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 54 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.310 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.261 billion.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.5% to $86.96 while gold traded down 3% at $3,879.10.
Silver traded down 3.4% to $50.220 on Thursday, while copper fell 1.8% to $6.1770.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.1%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index slipped 0.1%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.2%, Germany’s DAX climbed 0.4%, while France’s CAC 40 surged 0.5%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 0.70%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 1.26%, China’s SSE Composite Index dipping 0.67% and India’s BSE Sensex gaining 0.04%.
Economics
U.S. initial jobless claims increased by 9,000 to 200,000 in the week ending Nov. 7, compared to market estimates of 195,000.
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