U.S. stocks traded mostly higher in the final hour of trade on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average wavering between gains and losses, as investors digested weekly data on the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits, while looking to Friday’s jobs report for signs of a slowing economy and the future of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy.
What’s happening
On Wednesday, the Dow gained 80 points while both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined.
What’s driving markets
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