WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — House Republican leaders and President Barack Obama ended a roughly 90-minute meeting at the White House Thursday night without a deal to re-open the government or raise the U.S. debt limit, but agreed to keep talking.

“After a discussion about potential paths forward, no specific determination was made,” said a White House statement. “The president looks forward to making continued progress with members on both sides of the aisle.”

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Stock futures slumped Thursday night after the meeting broke up, but came off their lows. Read more on The Tell.

House Speaker John Boehner’s office said that Republicans explained their proposal for a six-week extension in the debt limit, and to begin immediate talks on re-opening the government.

“The president and leaders agreed that communication should continue throughout the night,” the statement said.

U.S. stocks surged Thursday after the news of the Republicans’ debt-limit proposal broke and the White House said it was encouraging. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.87% notched its best one-day point gain since December 2011. Read Market Snapshot.

With the government shutdown on its tenth day and the U.S. rapidly approaching the Treasury Department’s Oct. 17 deadline for raising the debt ceiling, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that the public’s view of the Republican Party hit an all-time low. Just 24% of respondents viewed the GOP positively.

The White House said Thursday that Obama would sign a short-term bill to raise the debt limit if it was free of Republican policy ideas.

But spokesman Jay Carney also said Republicans should agree to both open the government and raise the borrowing limit.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reiterated Thursday that the deadline for raising the borrowing limit is Oct. 17. That is the day the government runs out of borrowing authority.