Israel agreed to hold direct talks with Lebanon, signaling de-fusing tensions in the Middle East. Upswing in oil prices slowed, and US bourse started lower but trended higher on Thursday. The DJIA finished up 275 points, or 0.6%, at 48,185. The Nasdaq closed up 187 points, or 0.8%, at 22,822. The S&P 500 ended up 41 points, or 0.6%, at 6,824.Related NewsInitial Jobless Claims for Apr/04 in the United States is 219K, higher than the previous value of 203K. The forecast was 210K.Major techs were well-shaped. Amazon (AMZN.US) surged 5.6% after the company weighed selling its home-grown chips. Meta (META.US) leaped 2.6% as the company ramped up its investment in CoreWeave (CRWV.US) by USD21 billion. Apple (AAPL.US) , Tesla (TSLA.US) , and Alphabet (GOOG.US) gained less than 1%.Chip stocks advanced. Intel (INTC.US) shot up 4.7%. Micron (MU.US) rallied 3.6%. NVIDIA (NVDA.US) and Broadcom (AVGO.US) added about 1%.(Real-time Streaming US Stocks Quote; Except All OTC quotes are at least 15 minutes delayed.)
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