U.S. stocks traded mostly higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 200 points on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.01% to 53,457.46 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.77% to 26,332.01. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.27% to 7,696.27.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Information technology shares jumped by 2.2% on Thursday.

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