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U.S. stocks traded mostly higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 100 points on Thursday.
The Dow traded up 0.06% to 36,077.32 while the NASDAQ rose 1.09% to 14,301.04. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.66% to 4,579.41.
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Communication services shares rose by 3.1% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, health care shares fell by 0.4%.
Top Headline
Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) reported better-than-expected third-quarter results.
Dollar General reported third-quarter FY23 sales growth of 2.4% year-on-year to $9.69 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. EPS of $1.26 beat the consensus estimate of $1.19.
Equities Trading UP
Save Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVFD) shares shot up 200% to $6.45 after the company highlighted targeting of US carbon credit market following acquisition of majority ownership in newly- formed Nitrousink Ltd.
Shares of Cyngn Inc. (NASDAQ: CYN) got a boost, shooting 87% to $0.4569 after the company announced the issuance of a new patent, US-11,837,089-B2, for the autonomous vehicle (AV) and driving solutions.
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