U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 150 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded up 0.32% to 52,513.93 while the NASDAQ rose 0.84% to 26,088.28.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.60% to 7,527.54.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Information technology shares jumped by 1.3% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, communication services stocks fell by 1.7%.