MW: U.S. stocks clear losses to turn mildly higher
By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks turned higher Thursday, with natural-resource companies leading the way. "The key data point today were claims, which were fine. This was the last input in our jobs model for tomorrow," said Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors, of the monthly jobs report slated for release Friday. Curbing a weekly decline, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.02% rose a point to 13,075.7. The S&P 500 SPX +0.05% gained more than a point to 1,400.30. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.15% rose 5.55 points to 3,073.64.
