U.S. stocks were mixed early Thursday. Last week the government reported that initial jobless claims than expected wholesale inventories in Central America in October was an increase of 1.9% than expected.
At 10:29 on December 9 EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.60 points, at 11,364.87 points, down 0.07%; the Nasdaq composite index rose 3.57 points to 2,612.73 points, or 0.14%; the S & P 500 Index rose 1.51 points to 1,229.79 points, or 0.12%.
Financial and energy stocks performed better than large.
The Labor Department reported the week ending December 4 initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 1.7 million to 42.1 million. Accepted by economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected the figure will average 42.5 million. Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expected a decline of 1.3 million people. Data from 43.6 million the previous week were revised up to 43.8 million.
More important, less volatile four-week moving average of initial jobless claims data fell to 42.75 million, a record low of more than two years.
Investment institutions Jefferies & Co chief market strategist Art - Hogan (Art Hogan) said, "Employment trends are improving."
By the Dutch chip equipment maker ASML rose led European stock markets were mostly strong. The company raised its fourth-quarter order volume forecast, saying demand was stronger than expected.
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