In the early morning of the 3rd Beijing time, US stocks closed slightly higher on Thursday. The US unemployment claims data at the beginning of last week was slightly better than market expectations. Investors await the August non-farm payrolls report to be released on Friday to help determine the future path of the Fed's monetary policy.
The Dow rose 131.29 points, or 0.37%, to 35443.82 points; the NASDAQ rose 21.80 points, or 0.14%, to 15331.18 points; and the S&P 500 rose 12.86 points, or 0.28%, to 4536.95 points.
On Thursday morning, the NASDAQ rose to a high of 15380.07 points, and the S&P 500 index rose to 4545.85 points, all of which are historic highs.
The constituent stocks of the DowWalgreensjointedBao ZiThe group closed 3% higher,ChevronThe company closed 2.1% higher.caterpillar, the United StatesUnitedHealthGroup andBoeingThey all increased by more than 1%.
In terms of economic data on Thursday, the US Department of Labor reported that the number of first-time applicants for unemployment benefits in the US for the week ending August 28 was 340,000, the lowest since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis in the US in 2020. The market expects this figure to be 345,000.
The Ministry of Labor report also shows that the number of first-time jobless applicants in the previous week was revised upward by 1,000 to 354,000, down 14,000 from the previous week's revised data.
Top US stock turnover on ThursdayapplesThe company closed 0.75% higher at $153.65, a record closing high, with transactions of US$10.89 billion and a market capitalization approaching US$2.54 trillion.
According to reports,TSMCThe customer has been notified that the price increase of chip OEM is effective immediately, and the price will increase even for orders that have already entered the order system. However, the treatment of different customers is different. Apple was the least affected by this price increase — TSMC only increased it by 3%, while the price increase for other manufacturers could reach up to 20%.
Also, according to media reports, the upcoming Apple Watch 7 series will have a 1.9-inch screen, 16% more pixels, and a new dial.
4th place in turnoverFacebookIt closed down 1.8%, with a transaction of US$5.56 billion. Facebook's chat app WhatsApp was fined 225 million euros by Ireland on the grounds that WhatsApp did not tell European users how to collect their data and how to share it with the parent company Facebook.
5th placeBabaIt closed down 0.7% and traded $5.1 billion.
Eighth placeVisa cardThe company closed down 2.6% and traded $4.42 billion. US 10-year Treasury yields fell below 1.3% to 1.287% on Thursday, putting pressure on the financial sector. Mastercard, the 16th largest company in turnover, closed down 2.4% and traded $2.52 billion.
11thNetflixIt closed 1.1% higher, with transactions of US$3.61 billion. Apple said on Thursday that it will relax strict payment rules for app developers such as Netflix.
The 12th place Moderna closed 2% higher and traded 3.51 billion US dollars. Moderna said it has submitted preliminary data to the FDA to request approval for the third dose (booster dose) of its COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said the dose of booster injections was reduced by 50 micrograms compared to the current vaccine, which is half of the dose of the current vaccine.
Sphere 3D (ANY), which ranked 18th, closed 41.8% higher, traded US$2.28 billion, and had a market capitalization of nearly US$300 million. There were no significant news reports relating to the company on Thursday.
The following are the 20 most actively traded US stocks on the same day (by turnover):
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