U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.29% to 42,742.52 while the NASDAQ declined 0.21% to 19,574.01. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.08% to 6,017.56.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares jumped by 0.8% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, communication services stocks fell by 0.9%.
Top Headline
U.S. producer prices rose by 0.1% month-over-month in May compared to a revised 0.2% decline in April and versus market estimates of a 0.2% increase.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.9% to $67.55 while gold traded up 2% at $3,409.00.
Silver traded up 0.1% to $36.285 on Thursday, while copper rose 0.1% to $4.8145.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.3%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.2%. London's FTSE 100 gained 0.1%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 0.6% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.2% during the session.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei falling 0.65%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dipping 1.36%, China's Shanghai Composite rising 0.01% and India's BSE Sensex dipping 1%.
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