The US markets settled higher with gains of over one percent on Thursday on the heels of indications China is seeking to de-escalate the trade war with the US. Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng indicated China does not currently intend to retaliate against President Donald Trump's latest threat to raise the rate of tariffs on Chinese imports. Gao said ‘we firmly reject an escalation of the trade war, and are willing to negotiate and collaborate in order to solve this problem with calm attitude’. Gao claimed China has plenty of countermeasures it could impose but will instead focus on removing Trump's new tariffs, which were announced after China said it plans to impose tariffs on $75 billion worth of US goods.
On the economic data front, the Labor Department released a report showing a modest increase in first-time claims for US unemployment benefits in the week ended August 24th. The report said initial jobless claims inched up to 215,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level of 211,000. Street had expected jobless claims to climb to 215,000 from the 209,000 originally reported for the previous week. Besides, a separate report released by the Commerce Department showed the pace of growth in US economic activity slowed by slightly more than initially estimated in the second quarter. The Commerce Department said gross domestic product increased by 2.0 percent in the second quarter compared to the previously reported 2.1 percent growth. The downward revision came in line with street estimates. The downwardly revised GDP growth seen in the second quarter compares to the 3.1 percent jump in GDP reported for the first quarter.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 326.15 points or 1.25 percent to 26362.25, Nasdaq rose 116.51 points or 1.48 percent to 7973.39 and S&P 500 was up by 36.64 points or 1.27 percent to 2924.58.
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