Major U.S. stock-indexes rose on Thursday as strong labor market data and upbeat corporate results buoyed investor sentiment about U.S. economic growth. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits slipped by 3,000 last week to 266,000 from the week earlier, continuing a trend of being below the 300,000 mark for the 75th consecutive week. The data follows a set of robust labor market reports including last week's monthly payrolls numbers.

Almost all of Dow stocks in positive area (28 of 30). Top gainer - NIKE, Inc. (NKE, +1.69%). Top loser - E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DD, -0.26%).

All S&P sectors in positive area, Top gainer - Basic Materials (+1.2%).

At the moment:

Dow 18558.00 +106.00 +0.57%

S&P 500 2181.00 +8.25 +0.38%

Nasdaq 100 4797.50 +16.00 +0.33%

Oil 42.95 +1.24 +2.97%

Gold 1357.30 +5.40 +0.40%

U.S. 10yr 1.52 +0.02