U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 200 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded up 0.39% to 53,673.57 while the NASDAQ climbed 1.53% to 26,530.37. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.79% to 7,736.71.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Information technology shares jumped by 3.2% on Thursday.

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