U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones falling more than 500 points on Thursday. Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 1.18% to 46,860.18, while the NASDAQ fell 0.92% to 22,506.55. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping 0.86% to 6,717.27. Leading and Lagging Sectors: Energy shares rose by 0.4% on Thursday. In trading on Thursday, financial stocks dipped by 1.4%. Top Headline: U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 1,000 from the previous week to 213,000 in the first week of March, compared to market estimates of 215,000. In commodity news, oil traded up 8.1% to $94.28 while gold traded down 0.1% at $5,178.20. Silver traded up 1.8% to $87.080 on Thursday, while
copper fell 0.3% to $5.8760. Euro zone: European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.7%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 1.6%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.7%, Germany's DAX fell 0.7% and France's CAC 40 slipped 0.8% during the session. Asia Pacific Markets: Asian markets closed lower on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 1.04%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index falling 0.70%, China's Shanghai Composite slipping 0.10% and India's BSE Sensex dipping 1.08%. Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs.
