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US markets end higher on Thursday

29 Jan 2021 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Thursday as traders looked to pick up stocks at somewhat reduced levels following the steep drop seen on Wednesday. Buying interest also have been generated by a report from the Labor Department showing a bigger than expected decline in first-time claims for US unemployment benefits in the week ended January 23rd. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell to 847,000, a decrease of 67,000 from the previous week's revised level of 914,000. Street had expected jobless claims to drop to 875,000 from the 900,000 originally reported for the previous week. Jobless claims declined for the second consecutive week after reaching a more than four-month high of 927,000 in the week ended January 9th.

The Commerce Department released a report showing economic growth matched street estimate in the fourth quarter of 2020. The report said real gross domestic product jumped by 4.0 percent in the fourth quarter after skyrocketing by 33.4 percent in the third quarter. Despite the rebound in the second half of the year, GDP for 2020 contracted by 3.5 percent following the 2.2 percent growth seen in 2019. A separate report from the Commerce Department showed new home sales in the US rebounded in the month of December after falling for four consecutive months. The report said new home sales jumped by 1.6 percent to an annual rate of 842,000 in December after plunging by 12.6 percent to a revised rate of 829,000 in November.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 300.19 points or 0.99 percent to 30,603.36, Nasdaq gained 66.56 points or 0.5 percent to 13,337.16 and S&P 500 was up by 36.61 points or 0.98 percent to 3,787.38.

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