U.S. Stocks Climb Back Near Unchanged After Initial Pullback

After coming under pressure early in the session, stocks have regained ground over the course of the trading day on Thursday. The major averages have climbed well off their lows of the session, with the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 peeking above the unchanged line.

Currently, the major averages are narrowly mixed. While the Dow is down 65.34 points or 0.1 percent at 47,844.58, the S&P 500 is up by 0.59 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 6,783.40 and the Nasdaq is up by 5.84 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 22,640.84.