U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling over 100 points on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.29% to 42,386.67 while the NASDAQ fell 0.43% to 18,213.22. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.37% to 5,770.79.

Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares jumped by 0.7% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, industrials shares fell by 0.7%.

Top Headline

The annual inflation rate in the U.S. eased for a sixth straight month to 2.4% in September from 2.5% in the previous month, but came in above market estimates of 2.3%.

Equities Trading UP

• BloomZ Inc. (NASDAQ:BLMZ) shares shot up 97% to $1.4099 after the company announced it was selected as the primary animation contractor for an upcoming proje
• Shares of XChange TEC.INC (NASDAQ:XHG) got a boost, surging 75% to $0.3130.
• Jet.AI Inc. (NASDAQ:JTAI) shares were also up, gaining 46% to $0.1355.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Gritstone bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRTS) shares dropped 64% to $0.0719 after the company announced it voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 restructuring.
• Shares of Inno Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:INHD) were down 22% to $5.33. Inno Holdings recently announced a 1-for-10 reverse stock split.
• 10x Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TXG) was down, falling 32% to $14.09 after the company guided third-quarter preliminary revenue of $151.7 million, down 1% year over year.

Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 1.1% to $74.07 while gold traded up 0.4% at $2,636.20.

Silver traded up 0.7% to $30.875 on Thursday, while copper rose 0.4% to $4.4155.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 slipped 0.2%, Germany's DAX slipped 0.2% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.3%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.7%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.1%.

Retail sales in Germany rose 1.6% month-over-month in August compared to a 1.5% gain in July.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed higher on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.26%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumping 2.98%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 1.32% and India's BSE Sensex rising 0.18%.

Producer prices in Japan rose by 2.8% year-over-year in September compared to a 2.6% increase in the prior month.

Economics

• U.S. initial jobless claims rose by 33,000 from the prior week to 258,000 in the week ending October 5th, compared to market estimates of 230,000.
• The annual inflation rate in the U.S. eased for a sixth straight month to 2.4% in September from 2.5% in the previous month, but came in above market estimates of 2.3%.

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