VANCOUVER, BC (June 2, 2011) Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Reports with traders reluctant to make any significant moves ahead of Friday’s monthly employment report, stocks are turning in a lackluster performance in early trading on Thursday after falling sharply in the previous session.
The major averages are currently mixed, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq posting a modest gain. While the Nasdaq is up 6.79 points or 0.3 percent at 2,775.98, the Dow is down 17.90 points or 0.2 percent at 12,272.24 and the S&P 500 is down 0.78 points or 0.1 percent at 1,313.77.
The choppy trading on Wall Street comes as traders have shrugged off a Labor Department report showing a modest decrease in initial jobless claims, as claims remain at an elevated level. The data has added to the uneasiness ahead of the more closely watched monthly report.
The report showed that initial jobless claims fell to 422,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 428,000. Economists had been expecting jobless claims to edge down to 420,000 from the 424,000 originally reported for the previous week.
A separate Labor Department said that labor productivity in the first quarter was upwardly revised to show an increase of 1.8 percent compared to the 1.6 percent increase that had been reported. Economists had expected the increase in productivity to be upwardly revised to 1.7 percent.
Most of the major sectors are showing only modest moves in early trading, although notable strength has emerged among oil service. The Philadelphia Oil Service Index is up by 1.3 percent amid a modest increase by the price of crude oil.
Transportation, networking, and biotechnology stocks have also moved to the upside, although buying interest remains subdued. On the other hand, retail and tobacco stocks have come under pressure.
Among individual stocks, shares of Joy Global (JOYG) seeing early strength after the mining equipment maker reported second quarter earnings that rose to $1.52 per share, exceeding analyst estimates for earnings of $1.35 per share.
Joy Global also reported better than expected revenues for the quarter and raised its full year earnings and revenue guidance.
Meanwhile, Copart (CPRT) is posting a notable loss after reporting first quarter earnings of $0.71 per share, higher than $0.52 per share last year. The company also said its revenues rose 7.4 percent to $236.8 million. Analysts had expected earnings of $0.70 per share on revenues of $241.56 million.
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