Stocks closed solidly higher on Thursday for the fourth straight session as investor optimism about the Trump administration continues to run high.

Wall Street was mixed in premarket trading on Thursday as major U.S. airlines stumbled and health insurance companies soared. Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.1% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.

Dow Jones futures rose Thursday after higher-than-expected initial unemployment claims. Nvidia stock sold off, while Tesla reversed higher.

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U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 250 points on Thursday. The Dow traded up 0.58% to 44,412.35 while the NASDAQ fell 0.30% to 19,949.51. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.09% to 6,091.83.

Shares of American Airlines plunged Thursday after the carrier released a disappointing 2025 profit outlook even as its earnings topped expectations in the most recent quarter.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) moved to a session high, up 0.5% while the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) gained 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC) fell slightly. President Trump spoke remotely at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, appearing via video to a packed room of CEOs and world officials.

Stocks took a leg up after Trump said Thursday in a virtual address to the World Economic Forum that he would “demand that interest rates drop immediately.”

Wall Street traded slightly higher during midday Thursday as investors assessed the ongoing earnings season while closely monitoring policy signals from President Donald Trump.

Shares of Goldman Sachs and American Express are posting positive gains Wednesday afternoon, leading the Dow Jones Industrial Average rally. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones ...

The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) was little changed, coming off a three-day win streak that saw the benchmark index close Wednesday on the cusp of setting a new all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) traded 0.2% higher, with a record not far off.

The broad based index finished the trading day up over 0.5%, securing its first all-time closing high of 2025. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) popped around 0.9%, but was unable to secure its own record, while the Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC) recovered from earlier losses to close up about 0.2%.