The US markets ended mostly in red on Thursday. Markets turned in a strong performance throughout much of the trading day on Thursday but gave back ground in the latter part of the session. The early strength on markets partly reflected a positive reaction to the latest U.S. economic data, including a Commerce Department report showing the U.S. economy unexpectedly grew by more than previously estimated in the second quarter. The Commerce Department said the surge by gross domestic product in the second quarter was upwardly revised to 3.0 percent from the previously reported 2.8 percent. Street had expected the pace of GDP growth to be unrevised. With the upward revision, the pace of GDP growth in the second quarter showed an even faster acceleration compared to the 1.4 percent jump in the first quarter. The report also showed modest downward revisions to the pace of consumer price growth during the second quarter.
A separate report released by the Labor Department showed first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits edged slightly lower in the week ended August 24th. The report said initial jobless claims slipped to 231,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level of 233,000. Street had expected jobless claims to come in unchanged compared to the 232,000 originally reported for the previous week. On the sectoral front, while most of the major sectors ended the day showing only modest moves, significant strength remained visible among gold stocks. Reflecting the strength in the sector, the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index climbed by 1.5 percent amid an increase by the price of the precious metal.
Nasdaq dropped 39.6 points or 0.23 percent to 17,516.43 and S&P 500 was down by 0.22 points to 5,591.96, while Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 243.63 points or 0.59 percent to 41,335.05.
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