• The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 59.7 points, or 0.25 percent, to 24,083.83, the S&P 500 gained 4.84 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,639.4 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.62 points, or 0.05 percent, to 7,003.74.
Wall Street limped into positive territory on Wednesday on optimism over a spate of upbeat earnings that was nearly offset by jitters over rising U.S. bond yields and corporate costs.
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• Asia markets were mostly up in early trade on Thursday, likely taking cues from modest gains on Wall Street, where the Dow closed higher for the first time in six sessions.
• In Japan, the Nikkei 225 added 0.42 percent, while the Topix traded near flat. Across the Korean Strait, the Kospi was up 0.45 percent.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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