The American stocks finished trading on Thursday in the red zone. The indexes declined slightly on data from the US labor market and in anticipation of a referendum in Greece this weekend, reported Bloomberg.
On Friday, the US stock exchanges will not function. Because the Independence Day (July 4) in this year fell on Saturday, the day off is rescheduled for July 3.
The number of jobs in the US economy increased in June by 223 thousand. The experts in average had expected a more significant increase - by 233 thousand.
The US industrial orders in May fell 1% compared with the previous month, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Analysts on average had forecasted a reduction of just 0.5%. The estimate of the fall of the index in April was revised to the downside - to 0.7% from the previously announced 0.4%.
Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday fell 27.8 points (0.16%) - to 17730.11 points.
Standard & Poor's 500 fell 0.64 points (0.03%) to 2076.78 points.
The value of the day Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.91 points (0.08%) , getting to 5009.21 points.
Shares of Centene Corp., which provides insurance services in the framework of Medicaid, declined on the basis of trading with 8%. The company announced the purchase of the insurer Health Net Inc. for about $ 6.8 billion in cash and stock, including debt of about $ 500 million. Based on the share prices at the close of the market on Wednesday, the total offer is $ 78.57 per share.
On this news, Health Net shares showed the maximum rise in two years, getting up by 10%, to a record $ 71.57 per share.
On Thursday, the market value of financial companies has decreased, including Regions Financial Corp (NYSE: RF) and KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) - not less than 1.3%, Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) - 1.1%, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. with 0.8%.
In addition, the capitalization of health insurers also lowered, including UnitedHealth Group Inc. - by 1.3%, Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET) and Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) – with more than 2.6%.
At the same time, the price of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) Inc. shares increased by 4% after the maker of electric cars reported a higher-than-expected sales growth. In the second quarter the shipments of Model S sedans rose 52% to a record of 11.507 thousand, while the leadership previously forecasted 10-11 thousand.