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U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining 1% on Thursday.
The Dow traded up 1.02% to 41,508.88 while the NASDAQ rose 0.34% to 17,616.32. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.50% to 5,620.08.
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Energy shares climbed by 1.5% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, real estate shares fell by 0.5%.
Top Headline
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) reported worse-than-expected second-quarter results and lowered its 2024 guidance.
The retail behemoth reported second-quarter earnings per share of $1.70, missing the analyst consensus of $1.78. Quarterly sales of $10.21 billion (+4.2% year over year) missed the street view of $10.368 billion.
Dollar General has revised its fiscal year 2024 outlook, lowering its EPS forecast from a range of $6.80 to $7.55 to a new range of $5.50 to $6.20, compared to the $7.12 estimate. The company also reduced its revenue forecast from $41.01 billion to $41.28 billion to a revised range of $40.51 billion to $40.74 billion, against the $41.02 billion estimate.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 1.8% to $75.88 while gold traded up 0.9% at $2,559.70.
Silver traded up 2.5% to $29.925 on Thursday, while copper rose 0.1% to $4.2225.
Euro zone
European shares closed higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.76%, Germany's DAX rose 0.69% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.84%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.23%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.43%.
Annual inflation rate in Germany eased to 1.9% in August from 2.3% in July. The consumer confidence indicator in the Eurozone declined to -13.5 in August, versus earlier expectations of -13.4. The economic sentiment indicator in the Eurozone climbed to 96.6 in August from the revised 96 in the prior month
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.02%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 0.53%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.50% and India's BSE Sensex rising 0.43%.
The consumer confidence index in Japan came in unchanged at 36.7 in August.
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