Major US stock indices registered a slight increase after investors heard evidence of former FBI director James Komi.

The Komi, which investigated the alleged interference of Russia in the presidential election in 2016 in the US, said that it did not doubt that Russia was trying to interfere in the elections, but was sure that this did not affect the vote.

In addition, as it became known, the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting that the labor market is tightening, despite the recent slowdown in employment growth. Initial applications for unemployment benefits fell by 10,000 to 245,000, seasonally adjusted for the week ending June 3, the Ministry of Labor said on Thursday.

At the same time, the data from IBD / TIPP showed that the index of economic optimism in the US, calculated by the Investor's Business Daily newspaper and the research firm TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics, was 51.3 points in June, which coincided with the indicator for May. Experts expected that the figure will rise to 51.6 points.

Most components of the DOW index closed in the red (17 out of 30). Most fell shares of The Walt Disney Company (DIS, -1.46%). The leader of growth was the shares of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS, + 1.57%).

Most sectors of the S & P index recorded an increase. The leader of growth was the financial sector (+ 0.8%). The utilities sector fell most of all (-0.8%).

At closing:

DJIA + 0.04% 21,182.60 +8.91

Nasdaq + 0.39% 6.321.76 +24.38

S & P + 0.03% 2.433.78 + 0.64