British Airways’ parent, IAG, announced its first- quarter results on Friday. It said it would buy 53 more planes from Boeing and Airbus.

Stocks extended their rise after President Trump detailed cuts on U.K. tariffs and expressed high hopes for talks with China. "Better go out and buy stocks now," the president said. "This country will be like a rocket ship that's straight up.

Shares of Rigetti Computing ( RGTI 12.11%) are skyrocketing on Thursday. The quantum computing start-up's stock surged 10.5% as of 2:50 p.m. ET and was up as much as 12.3% earlier in the day. The rise comes as the S&P 500 gained 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.8%.