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U.S. stocks turned higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 100 points on Thursday.
The Dow traded up 0.09% to 33,451.95 while the NASDAQ rose 0.79% to 12,599.66. The S&P 500, also rose, gaining, 0.44% to 4,177.22.
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Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter and raised full-year forecast.
Walmart reported quarterly sales growth of 7.6% year-on-year to $152.30 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $148.65 billion. Adjusted EPS was $1.47, beating the consensus of $1.32.
For FY24, the company raised FY24 adjusted EPS guidance from $5.90 - $6.05 to $6.10 - $6.20 versus an estimate of $6.15. It also raised FY24 net sales guidance from 2.5% - 3% growth to 3.5% growth (CC).
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In commodity news, oil traded down 0.7% to $72.36 while gold traded down 1.2% at $1,960.40.
Silver traded down 1.1% to $23.635 on Thursday while copper fell 1.4% to $3.7010.
European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.30%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.2% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.02% The German DAX climbed 1.07%, French CAC 40 gained 0.54% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index gained 0.34%.
Spanish trade deficit shrank to EUR 0.16 billion, recording its smallest gap since May 2021.
Asian markets closed mostly higher on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 1.60%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gaining 0.85% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index climbing 0.40%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex slipped 0.1%.
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate declined to 3% in the three months ending April from 3.1% in the prior period. Australia's unemployment rate increased to 3.7% in April. Japanese trade deficit declined to JPY 432.4 billion in April compared to a JPY 854.9 billion gap in the same month of the previous year.
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The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 106,859,470 cases with around 1,163,680 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,983,150 cases and 531,790 deaths, while France reported over 40,054,860 COVID-19 cases with 167,050 deaths. In total, there were at least 688,579,060 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,876,400 deaths.