Dow Jumps Over 100 Points; Alcoa Profit Beats Estimates

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 100 points on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.33% to 43,220.63 while the NASDAQ rose 0.46% to 18,451.67. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.34% to 5,862.20.

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Leading and Lagging SectorsInformation technology shares jumped by 1% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, real estate shares fell by 0.5%.

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Alcoa Corporation (NYSE:AA) reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter.

The company reported third quarter sales of $2.904 billion, missing the consensus of $2.967 billion. Adjusted EPS of 57 cents exceeded the consensus of 28 cents.

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Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:STAF) shares shot up 242% to $4.68.

Shares of Nixxy, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIXX) got a boost, surging 162% to $6.18 after the company provided updates ...