U.S. stocks traded mostly higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling around 0.1% on Thursday.

The Dow traded up 0.82% to 52,271.71 while the NASDAQ fell 0.07% to 25,458.25.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.38% to 7,386.11.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Industrials shares jumped by 2.5% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, consumer discretionary stocks fell by 1.1%.