Modest Gains in NASDAQ Stock Market

There was solid trading of NASDAQ shares in the NASDAQ stock exchange on Thursday, 11 September 2008. The NASDAQ closed on 2258.22 with an overall decrease of 1.32%. The oil prices were down with 1% and are above the $100 per barrel mark. The financial sector (-1.2%) and investment banks and brokerages (-5.4%) were the biggest NASDAQ losers. The health care sector (+0.2%) was the NASDAQ top gainer. The initial jobless claims for the week declined 6,000 to 445,000. Some of the other NASDAQ shares listed on NASDAQ stock market such as fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, homebuilding and diversified banks, education services, auto manufacturing, etc were the biggest NASDAQ gainers.