Major benchmarks continued to rally on Thursday after the United States and China agreed to meet in Washington early next month to hold renewed trade talks. Stateside authorities indicated the in-person meeting could "lay the groundwork for meaningful progress," easing investors' concerns over the fallout of the two countries' ongoing trade war. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained more than 1%.
Data source: Yahoo! Finance.
As for individual stocks, Slack (NYSE: WORK) dropped despite announcing stronger-than-expected quarterly results, while Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) soared following an encouraging report.