Dow Jumps 200 Points; Goldman Sachs Earnings Top Views

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U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 200 points on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.41% to 49,352.44 while the NASDAQ surged 0.78% to 23,655.17. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.55% to 6,964.89.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Information technology shares gained by 1.4% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, health care stocks dipped by 1%.

Top Headline

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) reported upbeat earnings for the fourth quarter.

The company posted quarterly earnings of $14.01 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $11.65 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $13.454 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $13.791 billion.

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