U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 100 points on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.34% to 39,259.15 while the NASDAQ rose 0.85% to 16,411.43. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.67% to 5,246.15.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Real estate shares jumped by 1.2% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, energy shares rose by just 0.2%.
Top Headline
U.S. initial jobless claims rose by 11,000 from the previous week’s revised reading to 221,000 on March, the most in two months.
Equities Trading UP
TC Biopharm (Holdings) Plc (NASDAQ: TCBP) shares shot up 118% to $2.85. TCBP announced execution of non-binding letter of intent for acquisition of NK Platform Technologies.
Shares of Allurion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ALUR) got a boost, surging 61% to $2.78 after the company announced the commercial availability of its Virtual Care Suite in the United States. Also, Chardan Capital initiated coverage on the stock with a ...