BANGKOK -- World shares were mixed on Thursday after the latest U.S. economic data calmed frazzled nerves on Wall Street.

World shares were mixed on Thursday as the U.S. stock market remained closed to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

The country honors the former president, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, with an official state funeral at the National Cathedral on Thursday. A private interment in Plains, Ga., is set to follow.

U.S. stock indexes are feeling pressure from better-than-expected reports on the job market and business activity.

Global stock markets were mixed on Thursday as Wall Street remained closed to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter. The U.S. stock market was closed Thursday in observance of a National Day of Mourning for Carter who died at the age of 100 late last month.

Illinois residents may be surprised to find out United States Postal Service offices are closed one day this week, but it's not because of a federal holiday.

Thursday marks a national day of mourning following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, as declared by President Joe Biden.

Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America Thursday as all five living US presidents gathered for their predecessor's moving state funeral in Washington's National