Markets

Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:01:03 (GMT)
11:40 am ET Dec 7, 2006

DJIA

12,300

-8.41

S&P

1,411

-1.81

NASDAQ

2,437

-8.41

10Yr

4.48%

+0.002

U.S. stocks rise as jobless claims drop

NEW YORK
U.S. stocks were trading higher on Thursday, as investors cheered a drop
in jobless claims as a good omen for Friday's November employment
report.