• The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 28.09 points, or 0.11 percent, to 24,774.3, the S&P 500 gained 2.12 points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,682.62 and the Nasdaq Composite added 3.09 points, or 0.04 percent, to 6,939.34.
U.S. stocks eked out a slight gain on Wednesday, as advances in some major technology stocks offset losses in energy and helped keep major indexes just above the unchanged mark.
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• Asian shares rose to a one-month high on Thursday and were on track for their best annual performance since 2009, while commodity-driven currencies were buoyed by a rally in copper, which hit a four-year peak.
• MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.1 percent at 563.86 points, a level last visited in late November. It has rocketed 32 percent in the year so far.
• Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was largely flat in early trade, with energy stocks that had run up in the previous session giving up their gains. Automakers and financials were mostly lower.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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