Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.51% to 26,637.88 while the NASDAQ rose 0.41% to 8,021.05. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.49% to 2,940.81.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares rose 1.8% on Thursday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Roan Resources, Inc. ROAN 50%, up 45%, and Precision Drilling Corporation PDS 12.46%, up 13%.
In trading on Thursday, financial shares fell 0.4%.
Top Headline
Kroger Co KR 2.45% reported in-line earnings for its second quarter, while sales exceeded estimates.
Kroger reported second-quarter earnings of 72 cents per share, which met the analyst consensus estimate. The company reported quarterly sales of $37.251 billion, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $37.21 billion. The company sees FY2019 adjusted EPS between $2.15 and $2.25.
Equities Trading UP
Edesa Biotech, Inc. EDSA 85.82% shares shot up 100% to $8.44 after the company received FDA approval to proceed with its US study of EB01 as a potential treatment for chronic allergic contact dermatitis.
Shares of Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. NASDAQGO got a boost, shooting up 33% to $29.15 after pricing 17 million shares of stock at $22 per share.
Personalis, Inc. NASDAQPSNL shares were also up, gaining 57% to $26.71 after pricing 7.92 million shares at $17 per share.
Equities Trading DOWN
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation SRRK 13.19% shares tumbled 13% to $14.91 after the company priced a 3 million share common stock offering at $15 per share.
Shares of Steelcase Inc. SCS 10.85% were down 11% to $15.86 after reporting downbeat results for its first quarter.
Carnival Corporation CCL 9.47% was down, falling 10% to $47.82. Carnival reported stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter, but lowered its FY19 earnings forecast.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 5.5% to $56.72, while gold traded up 3.1% to $1,390.10.
Silver traded up 3.1% Thursday to $15.425, while copper rose 1% to $2.707.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.36%, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.25%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index gained 0.66%. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 0.38%, and the French CAC 40 rose 0.6% while UK shares rose 0.28%.
Economics
Initial jobless claims dropped 6,000 to 216,000 in the week ended June 15. However, economists were expecting a reading of 220,000.
The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index dropped to a reading of 0.3 in June, versus a reading of 16.6 in the previous month. However, economists projected a reading of 8.
The U.S. current-account deficit declined 9.4% to $130.4 billion in the first quarter, compared to a revised $143.9 billion for the fourth quarter.
The index of leading economic indicators was unchanged for May.
Domestic supplies of natural gas climbed 115 billion cubic feet for the week ended June 14, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported. However, analysts expected a gain of 104 billion cubic feet.
Data on money supply for the latest week will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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