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NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. markets were mixed Thursday after the Labor Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell modestly last week. The department said initial claims dropped by 12,000 to 367,000. The four-week rolling average of first-time claims fell by 2,000 to 375,750.
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By close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 11.05 points, 0.09 percent, to 12,705.41. The Standard & Poor's 500 index added 1.45 points, 0.11 percent, to 1,325.54. The Nasdaq composite index gained 11.41 points, 0.4 percent, to 2,859.68.
On the New York Stock Exchange, 1,713 stocks advanced and 1,289 declined on a volume of 3.8 billion shares traded.
The 10-year treasury note rose 2/32 to yield 1.825 percent.
The euro fell to $1.3147 from Wednesday's $1.3161. Against the yen, the dollar rose to 76.22 yen from Wednesday's 76.20 yen.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index gained 0.76 percent, 67.03, to 8,876.82.
In London, the FTSE 100 index added 0.09 percent, 5.35, to 5,796.07.
