The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the flagship index of the New York Stock Exchange, rose Thursday morning, taking advantage of a lower than expected figure for weekly jobless claims in the United States and the surge in the Boeing title.
Around 2:00 p.m. GMT, the Dow Jones gained 0.60% to 34,529.40 points and the S&P 500 appreciated 0.22% to 4,205.38 points.
The Nasdaq, with strong technological coloring, however fell by 0.10% to 13,724.01 points.
Some 406,000 Americans registered last week for unemployment benefits, 38,000 fewer than the week before.
This is better than expected by analysts who were counting on 425,000 new registrations.
The market was also satisfied by the better-than-expected quarterly results of electronics vendor Best Buy (+ 2.65%) and semiconductor maker Nvidia despite the decline in its stock (-1.11%).
“We are still waiting for a few late financial reports, but we are generally done with the first quarter earnings season”, indicates JJ Kinahan of TD Ameritrade. “Which gives us a break of about six weeks, until mid-July, before the second quarter numbers start to drop.”
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