--- title: "Nasdaq Jumps 400 Points; US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/299344169.md" description: "U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, with the Nasdaq gaining 1.54% and the Dow up 0.56%, driven by a drop in initial jobless claims to 196,000. Technology shares led gains, while consumer staples fell. Individual stock performance varied significantly: AEMD surged 401% on merger news, whereas RETO plunged 84% due to a share offering. European markets also closed higher, while Asian markets showed mixed results." datetime: "2026-09-17T15:42:11.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/299344169.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299344169.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/299344169.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Nasdaq Jumps 400 Points; US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 400 points on Thursday. Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.56% to 51,749.37 while the NASDAQ climbed 1.54% to 26,379.74. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.01% to 7,628.29. **Leading and Lagging Sectors** Information technology shares jumped by 2% on Thursday. In trading on Thursday, consumer staples stocks fell by 0.5%. **Top Headline** U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 10,000 to 196,000 during the second week of September, compared to market estimates of 208,000. **Equities Trading UP** - **Aethlon Medical Inc (**NASDAQ:AEMD) shares shot up 401% to $7.17 after the company announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement for an all-stock transaction with North Immunology. - Shares of **Datasea Intelligent Technology Ltd** (NASDAQ:DTSS) got a boost, surging 243% to $2.03 after the company announced its Chinese operating entities have recently entered into AI agent digital marketing service cooperation agreements and pre-order arrangements with five customers. - **CID HoldCo Inc (**NASDAQ:DAIC) shares were also up, gaining 137% to $4.76 following a series of major corporate transactions detailed in SEC filings after the market close on Wednesday. The holding company announced a binding agreement to acquire shared electric vehicle platform Envoy Technologies for $65 million, alongside a senior debt settlement that eliminates default liabilities and a formal presentation to defend its Nasdaq listing. **Equities Trading DOWN** - **ReTo Eco-Solutions Inc (**NASDAQ:RETO) shares dropped 84% to $0.30 after the company announced the pricing of a $15 million offering of 10 million shares at $1.5 per share. - Shares of **Delixy Holdings Ltd (**NASDAQ:DLXY) were down 67% to $0.76. Delixy Holdings recently announced it entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Caog for acquisition or merger of up to 48% of shares in Tarbagatay Munay. - **Synergy CHC Corp** (NASDAQ:SNYR) was down, falling 63% to $0.10 after the company received Nasdaq delisting notice following Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. **Commodities** In commodity news, oil traded down 2.3% to $100.06 while gold traded up 0.3% at $4,400.30. Silver traded up 1.2% to $65.665 on Thursday, while copper rose 1.6% to $6.6100. **Euro zone** European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.9%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 1.1%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.8%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.9%, while France’s CAC 40 climbed 0.8%. **Asia Pacific Markets** Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.33%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 0.44%, China’s Shanghai Composite dropping 0.41% and India’s BSE Sensex falling 0.03%. **Economics** - U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 10,000 to 196,000 during the second week of September, compared to market estimates of 208,000. - The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index dropped to 37.8 in September from 47.4 in the previous month, versus market estimates of 30.5. - U.S. housing starts fell 2.6% month-over-month to an annualized rate of 1.275 million units in August. - U.S. building permits declined by 2.7% month-over-month to an annual rate of 1.394 million in August, down from market estimates of 1.41 million. *Photo via Shutterstock* ### Related Stocks - [RETO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/RETO.US.md) - [AEMD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AEMD.US.md) - [.DJI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.DJI.US.md) - [.IXIC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.IXIC.US.md) - [DIA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DIA.US.md) - [DDM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DDM.US.md) - [UDOW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UDOW.US.md) - [DOG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DOG.US.md) - [SDOW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SDOW.US.md) - [DXD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DXD.US.md) - [ONEQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ONEQ.US.md) - [QQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQ.US.md) - [QQQM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQM.US.md) - [QQEW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQEW.US.md) - [QQQE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQE.US.md) - [TQQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TQQQ.US.md) - [QLD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QLD.US.md) - [PSQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PSQ.US.md) - [SQQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SQQQ.US.md) - [QID.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QID.US.md) - [TGT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TGT.US.md) - [COST.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COST.US.md) - [KR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/KR.US.md) - [.SPX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.SPX.US.md) - [DTSS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DTSS.US.md) - [DAIC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DAIC.US.md) - [DLXY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DLXY.US.md) - [SNYR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNYR.US.md) - [00HSI.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/00HSI.HK.md) - [DAICW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DAICW.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Nike's falling share price puts its Dow seat in jeopardy](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299304538.md) - [LIVE MARKETS-Food inflation risks bolster case for commodities - WFII](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299077406.md) - [Kroger in charts: Identical sales up 0.2% as gross margin slightly narrows to 22.4%](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298722551.md) - [An AI bubble is no longer Wall Street's biggest fear. 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