Marathon Oil And Occidental Lead The S&P 500

U.S. indices were trading higher Thursday following better-than-expected US jobless claim data.

• The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY gained 0.31% to $453.19
• The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust DIA gained 0.38% to $354.88
• The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ fell by 0.05% to $380.40

Here are the day's winners and losers from the S&P 500, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

Quanta Services Inc PWR, Marathon Oil Corporation MRO and Occidental Petroleum Corporation OXY were among the top gainers for the S&P 500 Thursday.

Visa Inc V, Autodesk, Inc. ADSK and Hormel Foods Corp HRL were among the top losers for the S&P 500.

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