The Scale Of The Fed'S Easing Policy Has Become The Focus Of &Nbsp; On Thursday, US Stocks Have Mixed Ups And Downs.

As of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.33 points, or 0.11%, to 11113.95 points, the Nasdaq composite index rose 4.11 points, or 0.16%, to 2507.37 points, and the standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.33 points, or 0.11%, to 1183.78 points.

The scale of the Fed's easing policy has become the focus of attention, and the US stock market has mixed ups and downs on Thursday.

Some big business earnings and the United States last week applied for a substantial reduction in the number of jobless claims, but investors are still worried about the size of the Fed's quantitative easing will be greatly reduced, the market is cautious, on Thursday, the US stocks went higher and lower, and the Dow ended down 12.33 points, or 0.11%.

On the disk side, the industry and technology sector led the public utilities sector to lead.

In terms of stocks, Caterpillar fell 0.61%, CISCO -T fell 0.43%, Pfizer rose 1.68%, Disney rose 1.64%, 3M fell 6.47%, Halliburton fell 7.96%, BP rose 1.25%, Exxon Mobil increased 0.84%, Royal Shell increased 0.51%, Dow Chemical dropped 1.12%, Chevron rose 0.15%, Motorola increased, Google rose, and ConocoPhillips fell, RIM rose, Symantec rose, and inflation rose.

Shell and Senauer Faye Ann Wandt's strong performance encouraged European stocks to rise. The pan European Dow Jones index rose 0.37% on Thursday at 265.90 points, which has risen 2.4% since October.

The US dollar resumed its downward trend, pushing oil prices up 24 cents to $82.18 a barrel on Thursday, or 0.3%.

The Federal Reserve relaxed expectations were uncertain, and gold prices rose $19.90 to $1342.50 an ounce on Thursday, up 1.5%.

Economic data

At 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, data released by the US Department of labor showed that the number of initial applications for unemployment assistance decreased by 21 thousand to 434 thousand last week, far better than the 450 thousand expected by economists, which has dropped for three consecutive weeks and has hit the lowest level since early July 2010.

At 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, data released by the US energy information administration showed that in the week ending October 22nd, Sino US gas inventories increased by 71 billion cubic feet, which was in line with expectations.

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Company news

Motorola realized net profit of US $380 million in the three quarter of this year, a big increase from 12 million US dollars in the same period last year, and its revenue also increased to US $4 billion 890 million from 4 billion 336 million US dollars in the same period last year.

Thanks to the increase in operating income, Thomson Reuters's net profit in the three quarter increased by 65% to $268 million, up from $162 million in the same period last year, and operating income rose 1% to 3 billion 260 million US dollars, up from analysts' expected $3 billion 200 million.

AVON's net profit in the three quarter increased 7% to $166 million 700 thousand, and its operating income increased 4% to $2 billion 620 million over the same period, less than analysts expected. AVON chairman Zhong Binxian (Andrea Jung) said: "we predict that the annual operating income in dollar terms will keep at least one digit growth."

Dow Chemical's net profit attributable to shareholders in the three quarter was $512 million, less than US $712 million in the same period last year. The adjusted net operating profit for the quarter increased to 705 million US dollars, and sales increased to US $12 billion 870 million from US $12 billion 50 million in the same period last year.

Exxon Mobil achieved net profit of $7 billion 350 million attributable to shareholders in the three quarter, a 55% increase over last year's 4 billion 730 million US dollars, thanks to rising demand for crude oil and natural gas, refinery profit margins and good chemical business performance.

Operating income increased from $82 billion 260 million in the same period last year to $95 billion 300 million, less than analysts estimate of $98 billion 110 million.

Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer, agreed to sell its neurology and vascular services unit to Stryker company for $1 billion 500 million, and the proceeds will be used to reduce investment in medical device products for trauma and drug use. The paction is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Private fund giant Blackstone (Bai Shitong) has a net loss of $44 million 400 thousand in the three quarter, and the net net income of the current period increased from $275 million 300 thousand in the same period last year to $339 million 300 thousand, an increase of 23% over the same period last year.

The company said its four major business performance in the three quarter has almost improved.