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Thursday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Cnbc · · 581 words · By Jason Gewirtz
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“a narrow tech-driven rally lifted the S & P 500 to another record”
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The web search results provided for this claim are about the letter 'S' and do not contain any information regarding the S&P 500 or tech-driven rallies.
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web search NEUTRAL — S (minuscule: s) is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 30, 2020 · This Jack Hartmann's Alphabet A-Z series for the letter S s. Learn about the Letter S.Learn that S is a consonant in the alphabet. Learn to recognize the upp...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vniciwSnfH8
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 3, 2026 · S (upper case, lower case s, plural Ss or S's) The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/S
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“The Dow Jones consensus estimate calls for 205,000 initial jobless claims.”
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Multiple sources confirm the consensus estimate was 205,000. One source explicitly mentions the actual number (200,000) 'beating the 205,000 consensus'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dow Jones Today: Get all information on the Dow Jones Index including historical chart, news and constituents.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jones
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 hours ago · DJIA | A complete Dow Jones Industrial Average index overview by MarketWatch. View stock market news, stock market data and trading information.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/djia
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest information on Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) including data, charts, related news and more from Yahoo Finance
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/^DJI/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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“The number came in at 200,000 a week earlier.”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC and two other web results) confirm that initial jobless claims for the week ending May 2 were 200,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — US: Initial Jobless Claims rose to 200K last week.US jobless claim applications rise to 200,000 but remain historically low despite economic headwinds. 9 hours ago. By Matt Ott.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Previous.Initial Jobless Claims measures the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. This is the earliest U.S. economic data, but the market…
https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/initial-jobless-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Initial US jobless claims came in at 200,000 for the week ending May 2, beating the 205,000 consensus and reinforcing a picture of a still‑resilient labor.
https://crypto.news/us-jobless-claims-come-in-at-200000-stro…
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“Retail sales data for April also comes out Thursday at 8:30 a.m.”
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The provided search results discuss Black Friday, UK retail footfall, and 2015/2016 data, but none confirm the specific release time for April retail sales data on a Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Retail Federation releases figures on the sales for each Thanksgiving week-end.[158] The Federation's definition of "Black Friday week-end" includes Thursday, Friday, Saturday and project…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)
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web search NEUTRAL — UK Discretionary Retail Sales Post Worst April In A Decade.April boost for retail footfall but year-on-year gap remains. Yesterday.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The actual data released by Census on seasonal adjustment multiplier in April of 2015 was 0.998; in April of 2016 it was 0.997 — virtually unchanged.
https://ritholtz.com/2016/05/april-retailsales-rigged/
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“The Dow Jones consensus calls for a gain of 0.5%.”
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The search results mention Dow Jones estimates for March (0.6%) and May (0.6% drop), but there is no evidence provided for a 0.5% gain consensus specifically for April retail sales.
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web search NEUTRAL — A study between the correlation of components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average compared with the movement of the index finds that the correlation is higher when the stocks are declining. The correl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
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web search NEUTRAL — Retail sales climbed 0.5% from the previous month, slightly less than the 0.6% Dow Jones estimate and a deceleration from the upwardly revised 0.8% gain in February. The move came with inflation risin…
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/14/retail-sales-rose-0point5per…
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web search NEUTRAL — Retail sales declined 0.9%, even more than the 0.6% drop expected from the Dow Jones consensus, according to numbers adjusted for seasonality but not inflation. The decline followed a 0.1% loss in Apr…
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/retail…
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“Shares of Applied Materials have gained 23% in the past three months.”
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The search results for 'Applied' refer to various companies (Applied Industrial Technologies, Applied Systems) but do not provide stock performance data for Applied Materials (AMAT) over the last three months.
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web search NEUTRAL — At Applied ®, we are proud of our rich heritage built on a strong foundation of quality brands, comprehensive solutions, dedicated customer service, sound ethics and a commitment to our Core Values.
https://www.applied.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 1923, Applied® is a leading value-added distributor of bearings, power transmission products, engineered fluid power components and systems, specialty flow control solutions, and other indu…
https://appliedcanada.com/home/
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web search NEUTRAL — Applied is the platform of choice among the industry‘s largest insurance brokerages. Seven of the top 10 insurance agencies use Applied Epic and Digital Agency technology to consolidate their brokerag…
https://www1.appliedsystems.com/en-us/about-us/about-applied…
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“The stock hit a new high Monday.”
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Investing.com reports AMAT surged to $424.21, surpassing its 52-week high, and MarketWatch mentions the stock rose on Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Applied Materials Inc. stock has reached a new milestone, surging to $424.21 and surpassing its 52-week high of $420.50.
https://www.investing.com/equities/applied-matls-inc
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web search NEUTRAL — Shares of Applied Materials Inc. AMAT inched 0.03% higher to $115.00 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.31% …
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/applied-materials-inc-stoc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Applied Materials Agrees With ASMPT To Acquire Its NEXX Business. 23 hours ago • RTTNews. Stocks. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Rally to Record Highs on Earnings Optimism.
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/amat
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“The British 10-year gilt is now solidly above 5%.”
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One source (FT.com) shows the yield at 5.05%, while another (News) shows it eased to 4.92% on May 8, 2026. The claims are contradictory regarding whether it is 'solidly above 5%'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The yield on United Kingdom 10Y Bond Yield eased to 4.92% on May 8, 2026, marking a 0.05 percentage points decrease from the previous session.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/government-bond-…
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web search NEUTRAL — UK 10 year Gilt. Yield5.05. Today's Change0.043 / 0.86%.UK10YG. +13.03%. Recently viewed. There are no suggestions available in this category. Peers. Global indices.
https://markets.ft.com/data/bonds/tearsheet/charts?s=UK10YG
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web search NEUTRAL — Get updated data about UK Gilts. Find information on government bonds yields and interest rates in the United Kingdom.
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bon…
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“The British 10-year hasn't been so high since 2008.”
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No evidence was found in the search results to confirm or deny the historical peak of the British 10-year gilt relative to 2008.
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“The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) ... has lost 2% in the last month.”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the performance of the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU).
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“The ETF has gained 22% in the past year.”
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“Cerebras, the chipmaker specializing in artificial intelligence, will start trading on the Nasdaq .”
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“The Senate Banking Committee is taking up groundbreaking legislation that would allow the crypto companies to offer payment on some forms of crypto including stablecoins”
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“Bitcoin has gained more than 8% in the past month.”
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“In the past year, it has fallen nearly 25%.”
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“Ether has been flat in the past month.”
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“It's down 16% from the high.”
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“CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment.”
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