Major U.S. stock-indexes rose on Thursday as trading returned to normal at the New York Stock Exchange and Beijing's efforts to halt a rout in Chinese stocks lifted markets around the world. U.S. stocks had fallen sharply on Wednesday as market turmoil in China, a rout in commodity prices, the Greek crisis and a major outage on the New York Stock Exchange spooked investors. While the NYSE resumed operations late in the trading day on Wednesday, all eyes were on the exchange to see if its systems would withstand heavy opening trade volumes.

Almost of Dow stocks in positive area (26 of 30). Top looser - Intel Corporation (INTC, -0.82%). Top gainer - The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV, +1.95).

Most of S&P index sectors in positive area. Top looser - Utilities (-0.3%). Top gainer - Healthcare (+1.2%).

At the moment:

Dow 17554.00 +112.00 +0.64%

S&P 500 2054.50 +15.25 +0.75%

Nasdaq 100 4378.25 +31.75 +0.73%

Oil 51.38 -0.95 -1.82%

Oil 52.98 +1.33 +2.58%

Gold 1160.30 -3.20 -0.28%