Stock market news
The US stock market closed lower on Thursday, April 30, 2020. At the close of the trading session the latest stock market update is the following:
S&P 500: 2,912.43,-27.08(-0.92%)
Dow 30: 24,345.72,-288.14(-1.17%)
Nasdaq: 8,889.55,-25.16(-0.28%)
Russell 2000: 1,310.66,-50.10(-3.68%)
A worse than expected jobless claims report showed that the job market conditions are very weak. The weekly initial US jobless claims figure came in at 3839 thousand more than the forecast of 3500 thousand. More than 3.8 million persons filed for unemployment.
Stocks that moved on Thursday, April 30, 2020, US stock market:
Stocks gainers
ThermoGenesis Holdings, Inc. (THMO): 11.49+4.22 (+58.05%)
Summer Infant, Inc. (SUMR): 3.7600+1.2150 (+47.74%)
OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (OSW): 6.51+1.63 (+33.40%)
Stocks losers
AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc. (UAVS): 1.4500-0.8500 (-36.96%)
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (EYES): 1.3300-0.7700 (-36.67%)
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK): 17.50-9.35 (-34.82%)
Most active stocks
General Electric Company (GE): 6.80+0.22 (+3.34%)
American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL): 12.01-0.62 (-4.91%)
Ford Motor Company (F): 5.09-0.17 (-3.23%)
Stock market source: https://www.wsj.com/market-data/stocks
Stock Market, U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance
Almost all sectors closed lower. Consumer Discretionary were the best performing sector +0.39%, Materials were the worst-performing sector -2.96%
Source:Â https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/goto/markets_sectors/landing.jhtml
Stock market update
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