The US markets ended higher on Thursday, winning back some of the prior session's losses, with banking shares jumping amid news US regulators plan to ease banking regulations, including allowing banks to more easily make investments in riskier funds such as venture capital funds. Significant strength was also visible among oil service stocks, as reflected by the 3.4 percent jump by the Philadelphia Oil Service Index. The index rebounded after hitting its lowest intraday level in a month. Oil service stocks turned higher along with the price of crude oil, with crude for August delivery climbing $0.71 to $38.72 a barrel after hitting a low of $37.08 a barrel. Airline, steel, and biotechnology stocks also showed strong moves to the upside on the day, moving higher along with most of the other major sectors.
On the economic data front, a report from the Labor Department showed a much smaller than expected drop in initial jobless claims in the week ended June 20th, but the report also showed a notable decrease in continuing claims. Continuing claims, a reading on the number of people receiving ongoing unemployment assistance, tumbled by 767,000 to 19.522 million in the week ended June 13, hitting their lowest level since mid-April. A separate report from the Commerce Department also showed a substantial rebound in durable goods orders in the month of May. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders spiked by 15.8 percent in May after plunging by a revised 18.1 percent in April. Street had expected durable goods orders to surge up by 10.9 percent compared to the 17.7 percent nosedive that had been reported for the previous month.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 299.66 points or 1.18 percent to 25,745.6, Nasdaq gained 107.84 points or 1.09 percent 10,017 and S&P 500 was up by 33.43 points or 1.1 percent to 3,083.76.
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