• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 103.97 points, or 0.44 percent, to 23,940.68, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.97 point, or 0.04 percent, to 2,626.07 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 88.02 points, or 1.27 percent, to 6,824.34.
The Nasdaq posted its biggest one-day drop in more than three months on Wednesday as investors fled high-flying technology stocks and shifted to banks and other pockets of the market that could benefit from improving economic conditions, lower regulations and taxes as well as higher interest rates.
Gains in financial, industrial and healthcare stocks boosted the Dow industrials, giving the blue-chip index another record closing high, and they helped the benchmark S&P 500 index finish near flat.
• Asian markets tracked lower on Thursday as oil prices steadied after falling in the last session. Investors in the region will also keep an eye on several key data releases due later in the day.
apan's Nikkei 225 was off 0.06 percent as major tech names traded lower. Sony fell 1.69 percent and Nintendo was 2.18 percent lower. Financials, trading houses and automakers, however, mostly notched gains.
• In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index declined 0.84 percent ahead of the Bank of Korea's interest rate decision, due at 9:00 a.m. HK/SIN. South Korea's central bank is expected to raise rates for the first time in six years.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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