US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) start Thursday's session in positive territory. The S&P 500 moves higher by over 0.5% while the Nasdaq Composite jumps ahead by 0.9%.

The Morning Brief's Seana Smith checks out the market action after US retail sales were reported this morning, including movements in the Russell 2000 (^RUT) small-cap index, Treasury yields (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX), and tech leaders in the Nasdaq 100 (^NDX).

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.