Glonghui, May 2 | The three major US stock indices opened higher. The NASDAQ rose 0.96%, the S&P 500 index rose 0.71%, and the Dow rose 0.6%. The number of people claiming unemployment benefits for the first time in the US last week was 208,000, estimated at 215,000, compared to 207,000 previously. Qualcomm rose 7.5%, and the results for the second fiscal quarter exceeded expectations. The guidance for next quarter is optimistic, benefiting from increased demand for AI chips in smartphones and PC computers. Shell rose 1.6%, and its adjusted net profit for the first quarter exceeded expectations, and announced that it would buy back $3.5 billion of shares in the second quarter. Novo Nordisk fell 1.2%, Q1 net profit increased 28% year on year, and sales of the diet drug Wegovy more than doubled to DKK 9.38 billion, which is still below expectations.
纳指高开近1% 高通绩后涨7.5%
The NASDAQ opened nearly 1% higher and rose 7.5% after the high comms performance
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