U.S. stocks traded mostly higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 1% on Thursday.
The Dow traded up 0.01% to 43,731.14 while the NASDAQ rose 1.19% to 19,208.62. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.55% to 5,961.80.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Consumer discretionary shares surged by 1.5% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, financials shares fell by 1.3%.
Top Headline
Halliburton Company(NYSE:HAL) reported worse-than-expected third-quarter EPS and sales.
HAL reported a third-quarter revenue decline of 1.8% year-over-year to $5.697 billion, missing the consensus of $5.828 billion. Adjusted EPS was 73 cents, down from 79 cents a year ago and below the...
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