The US markets ended higher on Thursday following the release of a Labor Department report showing a modest decrease in first-time claims for US unemployment benefits in the week ended August 28th. The report said initial jobless claims dipped to 340,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week's revised level of 354,000. Street had expected initial jobless claims to edge down to 345,000 from the 353,000 originally reported for the previous week. With the modest decrease, jobless claims fell to their lowest level since hitting 256,000 in the week ended March 14, 2020.
Meanwhile, the Commerce Department released a report showing the US trade deficit narrowed in the month of July. The Commerce Department said the trade deficit narrowed to $70.1 billion in July from a revised $73.2 billion in June. Street had expected the trade deficit to narrow to $71.0 billion from the $75.7 billion originally reported for the previous month. The narrower trade deficit came as the value of exports jumped by 1.3 percent to $212.8 billion, while the value of imports dipped by 0.2 percent to $282.9 billion.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 131.29 points or 0.37 percent to 35,443.82, Nasdaq rose 21.8 points or 0.14 percent to 15,331.18 and S&P 500 was up by 12.86 points or 0.28 percent to 4,536.95.
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