On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1% in March after declining 0.2% in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1% in March after rising 0.3% in February.

Real average hourly earnings increased 0.2% in March, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.3%, and CPI-U increased 0.1%. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.2% over the month.

In the week ending April 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance was 253,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week’s revised level, the Labor Department reported. The four-week moving average was 265,000, a decrease of 1,500 from the previous week’s revised average.

Thursday, the Dow ticked up 18.15 points (0.10%) to 17,926.43, the NASDAQ decreased by 1.53 (0.03%) to 4,945.89, and the S&P 500 was virtually unchanged (up 0.02%) at 2,082.77. The Russell 2000 decreased by 1.34 (0.12%) to 1,128.58, and the Wilshire 5000 was down 5.17 points (0.02%) at 21,464.42.

On the NYSE, 3.2 billion shares traded, with 1.3 declining issues for every advancing issue. On the NASDAQ, 2.7 billion shares changed hands, with a slight lead for decliners.

ON THIS DATE: In 1817, the first American school for the deaf was opened in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died from injuries inflicted by John Wilkes Booth. In 1892, the General Electric Co. was organized. In 1923, insulin became generally available for people suffering with diabetes. In 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously he had only appeared in exhibition games. In 1952, U.S. President Harry Truman signed the official Japanese peace treaty. In 1994, the World Trade Organization was established. In 1997, Christopher Reeve received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In Coon Rapids, Minnesota, someone at a gas station next to a Burger King called police to report what appeared to be an act of vandalism. Burger King employees were using tire irons and other objects to smash out the windows of the building. When police arrived, the restaurant manager said she had just received a phone call from a man identifying himself as a fire department official who seemed to have a working knowledge of commercial fire safety systems. The caller said he could tell that “gas pressure inside the building was rising,” and warned that the restaurant was in danger of exploding unless the exterior windows were immediately broken to relieve pressure. Firefighters called to the restaurant checked the building but found no traces of leaking gas, and the incident was confirmed to have been a hoax.

In Vienna, Austria, police are acknowledging that they published a photo of U.S. actor and TV producer Peter Marc Jacobson by mistake in their search for a suspected fraudster. Jacobson is best known as the co-creator of the sitcom “The Nanny.” A police spokesman said they circulated Jacobson’s photo after it was provided by a woman who said she was defrauded of 46,000 euros (about $52,000), according to the Associated Press. He said the suspect apparently used a photo of Jacobson in a false identification document he gave the victim and “must look deceptively similar” to him.

In Concord, New Hampshire, the Works Bakery Café offered a discount this past Tuesday to women in its New Hampshire shops in honor of Equal Pay Day. The chain only charged women 79 cents on the dollar for items, while men were charged full price.

In Maryville, Tennessee, a man was detained on the campus of William Blount High School after creating a disturbance. According to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, the man came into the vocational building around 8:40 a.m., wearing only his underwear and socks, and tried to tear the fire alarm off the wall. According to the local NBC News station, witnesses said the man claimed there were smurfs inside the device. He was taken to Blount Memorial Hospital for a mental evaluation.