U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 50 points on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.14% to 37,708.72 while the NASDAQ rose 0.15% to 15,122.12. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.18% to 4,790.25.
Thursday, CymaBay Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: CBAY) initiated the AFFIRM Phase 3b/4 confirmatory study to evaluate the effect of seladelpar on clinical outcomes in patients with compensated cirrhosis due to