U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 350 points on Thursday.
The Dow traded up 0.77% to 48,278.43 while the NASDAQ rose 0.83% to 22,822.04. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.69% to 6,829.76.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares climbed by 1.7% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, health care stocks fell by 0.6%.
Top Headline
Neogen Corp (NASDAQ:NEOG) shares fell around 3% on Thursday after the company reported results for the third quarter.
The company reported quarterly earnings of 9 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 6 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $211.200 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $204.492 million.
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