In the early morning of the 3rd Beijing time, US stocks closed slightly higher on Thursday. The data for unemployment benefits in the United States at the beginning of last week was slightly better than the market expected. Investors are waiting for the August non-farm payrolls report to be released on Friday to help determine the future path of Fed monetary policy.
The Dow rose 131.29 points, or 0.37%, to 35443.82; the Nasdaq rose 21.80 points, or 0.14%, to 15331.18; and the S & P 500 rose 12.86 points, or 0.28%, to 4536.95.
On Thursday morning, the Nasdaq rose as high as 15380.07, while the S & P rose to 4545.85, an all-time high.
Walgreens, constituent stocks of the DowJoint BootsThe income of the group increased by 3%, Chevron CorpThe company closed 2.1% higher. Caterpillar IncUnitedHealth Group Inc of the United StatesGroup and Boeing CoThe increase is more than 1%.
In terms of economic data on Thursday, the Labor Department reported that first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to 340000 in the week ended Aug. 28, the lowest level since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020. The market expects the figure to be 345000.
The Labor Department report also showed that the number of first-time jobless applicants in the previous week was revised upward by 1000 to 354000, and this week's figure was down 14000 from the previous week's revised figure.
Apple Inc, the champion of US stock turnover on Thursday.The company closed 0.75% higher at $153.65, a record closing high, with a turnover of $10.89 billion and a market capitalization of nearly $2.54 trillion.
According to reports, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co LtdCustomers have been informed that the price of chip contract manufacturing will increase and take effect immediately, even if the order has entered the order system. But the treatment of different customers is different, and Apple Inc is the least affected by this price increase-Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd increases it by only 3 per cent, while prices for other manufacturers can rise by as much as 20 per cent.
According to media reports, the upcoming Apple Inc Apple Watch 7 series will have a 1.9inch screen, a 16% increase in pixels, and a new dial.
Facebook Inc ranked 4th in turnoverIt closed down 1.8% to $5.56 billion. WhatsApp, a chat app owned by Facebook Inc, was fined 225 million euros by Ireland for failing to tell European users how to collect their data and how to share it with parent company Facebook Inc.
No. 5 BabaIt closed down 0.7% to $5.1 billion.
No. 8 Visa CardThe company closed down 2.6% on a turnover of $4.42 billion. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell below 1.3% to 1.287% on Thursday, putting pressure on the financial sector. MasterCard Inc, the 16th largest company in terms of turnover, closed down 2.4%, with a turnover of US $2.52 billion.
11th NetflixIt closed 1.1% higher, with a deal of $3.61 billion. Apple Inc said on Thursday that it would relax strict payment rules for app developers such as Netflix.
In 12th place, Moderna Inc received a 2% increase in revenue, with a turnover of US $3.51 billion. Moderna Inc said it had submitted preliminary data to FDA and applied for approval of its third dose of COVID-19 vaccine (enhanced injection). In a statement on Wednesday, the company said that the dose used for the booster injection had been reduced by 50 micrograms compared with the existing vaccine, which is half the dose of the existing vaccine.
The 18th Sphere 3D (ANY) closed 41.8% higher, with a turnover of $2.28 billion and a market capitalization of nearly $300m. There was no important news related to the company on Thursday.
The following are the 20 most actively traded stocks of the day (by turnover):
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