The US markets ended higher on Thursday as the Trump’s administration backed away from invoking executive authority to impose a crackdown on Chinese investment in the US, but strategists are still sounding wary about what could be ahead. Sentiment got some with broad-based gains led by a rally in financials and technology sectors. Further, some support came in with a separate report from the Labor Department showing a bigger than expected increase in initial jobless claims in the week ended June 23. The report said initial jobless claims rose to 227,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 218,000. Street had expected jobless claims to inch up to 220,000.
However, the weakness seen earlier in the day partly reflected lingering concerns about the global economic impact of the ongoing trade dispute between the US and other major economies. Negative sentiments were also generated in reaction to a Commerce Department report showing weaker than previously estimated US economic growth in the first quarter. The report said real gross domestic product increased by 2.0 percent in the first quarter compared to the previous estimate of 2.2 percent growth. Street had expected the pace of GDP growth to be unrevised. The weaker than previously estimated growth reflected downward revisions to private inventory investment, consumer spending, and exports.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 98.46 points or 0.41percent to 24216.05, the S&P 500 rose 16.68 points or 0.62 percent to 2716.31 and the Nasdaq was up by 58.60 points or 0.79 percent to 7503.68.
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