US Stock Market Overview – Stocks Rally to End Shortened Week, Retail Sales Surge

US stocks moved higher on Thursday, ahead of a long holiday weekend. Sectors were mixed, buoyed by Industrials and Healthcare, Energy and Financials bucked the trend. All three major averages settled in the black on Thursday. The best performer was the Dow Industrial average which rallied 0.42%. US Retail Sales came in stronger than expected, rebounding sharply from the prior month. Jobs data continued to point to a stronger employment market, as jobless claims dropped to a 50-year low. Energy producers which have exposure to natural gas prices continue to decline in tandem with natural gas prices which have hit a 3-year low.

美国股市周四走高，在长假周末之前。受工业和医疗保健，能源和金融业支撑的趋势支撑了这一趋势。所有三个主要平均值在周四以黑色结算。表现最佳的是道琼斯工业平均指数，上涨0.42％。美国零售销售强于预期，从上个月大幅反弹。就业数据继续显示就业市场走强，因失业救济人数下降至50年来的最低点。接触天然气价格的能源生产商继续下降，同时天然气价格触及3年来的低点。

Jobles Claims Decline to 50-year Low

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The Labor Department reported on Thursday that initial claims dropped 5,000 to 192,000 for the week ended April 13, the lowest level since September 1969. Data for the prior week was revised to show 1,000 more applications received than previously reported. Claims have now declined for five straight weeks. Expectations were for claims to rise to 205,000 in the latest week. The four-week moving average of initial claims, cfell 6,000 to 201,250 last week, the lowest reading since November 1969.

美国劳工部周四公布，截至4月13日当周，首次申请失业救济人数下降5,000至192,000，这是自1969年9月以来的最低水平。上周的数据经过修订，显示还有1,000多份申请收到比以前报道的。索赔现已连续五周下降。预计最近一周的索赔额将增至205,000。初始索赔的四周移动平均值，上周为6,000至201,250，是自1969年11月以来的最低值。

Retail Sales Rise More than Expected

零售销售增长超过预期

US retail sales surged in March at the fastest pace since late 2017, driven by clothing sales which increased by 2%. The Commerce Department reported that headline retail sales increase by 1.6% from February, the strongest increase since September 2017. Expectations were for retail sales to increase by 1.1%. Excluding autos and gas, retail sales increased by a still solid 0.9%. Expectation were for ex-auto sales to climb by 0.6%. Sales at gas stations climbed 3.5% in March, while spending at auto dealers jumped 3.1%.

由于服装销售增长了2％，美国零售销售在3月份以2017年末以来的最快速度增长。美国商务部报告称，总体零售额较2月份增长1.6％，为2017年9月以来的最大增幅。预期零售额增长1.1％。不包括汽车和天然气，零售额增长仍然稳定增长0.9％。预计前汽车销量将攀升0.6％。 3月份加油站销售增长3.5％，而汽车经销商的支出增长3.1％。

Energy Shares Drop as Natural Gas Tumbles

能源股下跌，天然气价格下跌

Energy producers continued to experienced headwinds as natural gas prices dropped 3.5% in the latest week. Falling Asian natural gas prices and a larger than expected build in inventories weighed on natural gas producers. The EIA reported that natural gas inventories were 1,247 Bcf as of Friday, April 12, 2019. This represents a net increase of 92 Bcf from the previous week. Expectations were for a 72 Bcf build.

能源生产商继续经历逆风，因为最近一周天然气价格下跌了3.5％。亚洲天然气价格下跌以及库存增加超预期令人担忧天然气生产商。环境影响评估报告称，截至2019年4月12日星期五，天然气库存为1,247亿立方英尺。这比前一周净增加了92亿立方英尺。预期为72 Bcf建设。

Two New IPOS Surge

两次新的IPOS激增

Two New IPOs surged on Thursday, which shows that the market is relatively strong. Pinterests stock opened up 25% from its initial-public-offering price, in one of the most anticipated offerings of a year. Pinterest priced its IPO at $19 a share two dollars above its expected range, giving the company a valuation of $12.6 billion on a fully diluted basis. Shares of Zoom opened up at $65, about 81% above their IPO price. At its IPO price, Zoom has a fully diluted valuation of more than $10 billion.

周四两次新的IPO激增，这表明市场相对较强。 Pinterest的股票从最初的公开发售价格开始上涨25％，这是一年中最受期待的产品之一。 Pinterest将其IPO定价为每股19美元，比其预期范围高出两美元，使该公司在完全稀释的基础上估值为126亿美元。 Zoom的股票开盘价为65美元，比其IPO价格高出约81％。按照其IPO价格，Zoom的估值已经超过100亿美元。