New York (AFP)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the flagship index of the New York Stock Exchange, rose Thursday morning, taking advantage of a lower than expected figure for weekly jobless claims in the United States and the surge in the Boeing title.

Around 2:00 p.m. GMT, the Dow Jones gained 0.60% to 34,529.40 points and the S&P 500 appreciated 0.22% to 4,205.38 points.

The Nasdaq, with strong technological coloring, however fell by 0.10% to 13,724.01 points.

Some 406,000 Americans registered last week for unemployment benefits, 38,000 fewer than the week before.

This is better than expected by analysts who expected 425,000 new registrations.

The market was also satisfied by the better-than-expected quarterly results of electronics vendor Best Buy (+ 2.65%) and semiconductor maker Nvidia despite the decline in its stock (-1.11%).

"We are still waiting for a few late financial reports, but we are generally done with the first quarter earnings season," said JJ Kinahan of TD Ameritrade.

"Which gives us a break of about six weeks, until mid-July, before the second quarter numbers start to drop."

Boeing, a member of the Dow Jones, climbed 4.09%.

The aircraft manufacturer, which hopes air traffic will return to normal with the economy restarting, has agreed to pay at least $ 17 million in fines to the US aviation oversight agency, the FAA, for production problems on the 737 MAX and the 737 NG.

If the new jobless claims in the United States were flattering, durable goods orders in April disappointed by falling for the first time in a year, weighed down by transport.

They fell 1.3% from March when analysts expected them to increase by 0.8%.

Another indicator followed by the market Thursday morning, US GDP growth in the first quarter was confirmed at 6.4% on an annualized basis, according to figures from the Department of Commerce.

Among the values ​​of the day, Bayer lost 2.07%.

A US judge on Wednesday refused to validate an agreement providing for the German group to set aside up to $ 2 billion to ward off future lawsuits related to Round'Up, a herbicide suspected of being carcinogenic, saying it was "clearly unreasonable" for some complainants.

On the bond market, the 10-year rate on US debt rose to 1.61%, against 1.57% the night before.

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