On Thursday, turnover champion Tesla, Inc. closed 3.8% higher at US $1077.27, a record closing high.In second place, Amazon.Com Inc Company closed 1.6% higher, with a transaction of US $19.6 billion.Lucid Group, a maker of new energy vehicles, closed up 31.3% at $13 billion.Twilio closed down 17.6% at $6.25 billion.
U. S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up more than 210 points, with technology stocks leading the way. Investors focus on more key financial and economic data. Apple Inc and Amazon.Com Inc will announce their financial results after trading. Us GDP growth of 2 per cent in the third quarter was lower than expected. The number of first-time applications for unemployment benefits fell to 281000 last week.
The Dow rose 239.79 points, or 0.68%, to 35730.48; the Nasdaq rose 212.28 points, or 1.39%, to 15448.12; and the S & P 500 rose 44.74 points, or 0.98%, to 4596.42.
The Nasdaq rose as high as 15452.30 points on Thursday, an all-time high.
MasterCard, Merck & Co Inc and Caterpillar Inc all reported better-than-expected profits.
Facebook Inc closed 1.5% higher and the company will change its name to Meta, which means that its enterprise name will be decoupled from Facebook Inc, a social networking platform that has recently been in trouble, highlighting the company's focus on shifting to emerging computing platforms based on virtual reality.
So far, nearly 40% of the companies in the s & p 500 index have reported results, and more than 80% of them beat expectations. Third-quarter profits of companies in the s & p 500 index are expected to grow by about 37.6%.
On Thursday, Tesla, Inc., the champion of US stock turnover, closed 3.8% higher at US $1077.04, a record close with a turnover of US $29.1 billion.Mark Fields (Mark Fields), interim CEO of US car rental giant Hertz, said the company may increase its order for Tesla, Inc. electric vehicles to 200000. The company has previously ordered 100000 Tesla, Inc. electric vehicles.
In addition, German Volkswagen group CEO Herbert Diess said on Thursday: "We must admit that Tesla, Inc. has set a new benchmark in electric vehicles, not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of productivity and speed."
In second place, Amazon.Com Inc Company closed 1.6% higher, with a transaction of US $19.6 billion.Amazon.Com Inc released weaker-than-expected third-quarter results on Thursday and provided disappointing guidance for the crucial holiday sales season. Amazon.Com Inc's share price fell in after-hours trading after the announcement of the results.
In third place, Facebook Inc received 1.5% higher, with a transaction of US $16.1 billion.Facebook Inc announced on Thursday that the company would change its name to Meta, meaning that its name would be decoupled from Facebook Inc, the recently troubled social networking platform, underscoring the company's focus on shifting to emerging computing platforms dominated by virtual reality.
In fourth place, Apple Inc Company closed 2.5% higher, with a transaction of US $15.2 billion.Apple Inc announced its results after Thursday's close.
Lucid Group, the fifth new energy car maker, closed up 31.3% with a turnover of US $13 billion.. Lucid Group announced that its first batch of new energy vehicles will begin delivery on October 30th.
Eighth place Twilio closed down 17.6%, with a turnover of US $6.25 billion.The company expects a bigger fourth-quarter loss than Wall Street expected, and several brokerages have since cut their target prices.
Needham lowered its target price to $400 from $460. Stifel lowered its target price from $500 to $400. Wall Street asset management firm Cowen lowered its target price to $400 from $515. Wells Fargo & Co (51.36,1.31,2.62%) lowered his target price from $525 to $450.
In 10th place, Shopify Inc received a 7% increase in revenue, with a turnover of US $5.4 billion.The company's GMV (gross merchandise trading volume) increased by $10.8 billion, or 35 per cent, to $41.8 billion in the third quarter. Revenue is expected to continue to grow rapidly in 2021, but at a slower rate than in 2020.
Ford Motor, No. 14, closed 8.7% higher, with a turnover of $3.7 billion.Ford reported strong results and raised its performance guidance. The carmaker said increased supply of semiconductors in the third quarter allowed it to increase car production. Ford CEO said Ford could "absolutely" catch up with Tesla, Inc. in US electric car sales by 2025.
Merck & Co Inc, 18th, received 6.1% higher, with a turnover of US $2.5 billion.Merck & Co Inc's third-quarter sales were $13.154 billion, up 20 per cent from a year earlier. Net profit was $4.567 billion, up 55 per cent from a year earlier. The company expects full-year 2021 GAAP sales of $474-47.9 billion, compared with a previous forecast of $464-47.4 billion, and GAAP earnings of $4.71-$4.76 per share, compared with a previous forecast of $4.24-$4.34.
The following are the 20 most actively traded stocks of the day (by turnover):
