After moving to the upside at the start of trading, stocks have seen considerable volatility over the course of the session on Thursday. While the Dow has climbed more firmly into positive territory, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 have swung back and forth across the unchanged line.
Currently, the major averages are all in positive territory. The Dow is up 530.33 points or 1.1 percent at 49,392.14, the S&P 500 is up 28.67 points or 0.4 percent at 7,164.62 and the Nasdaq is up 43.87 points or 0.2 percent at 24,717.12.
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