NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks eked out a second straight gain on Thursday as materials shares rose with commodities prices, but disappointing forecasts from retailers and anxiety ahead of Friday's monthly jobs report limited the advance.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 80.13 points, or 0.49 percent, to 16,416.79, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 2.89 points, or 0.15 percent, to 1,915.42 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 5.32 points, or 0.12 percent, to 4,509.56.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
