U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index jumping more than 500 points on Thursday.The Dow traded up 1.25% to 42,023.61 while the NASDAQ rose 2.30% to 17,976.99. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.60% to 5,707.97.Check This Out: Alphabet, McDonald’s And 2 Other Stocks Executives Are SellingLeading and Lagging SectorsInformation technology shares jumped by 2.9% on Thursday.In trading on Thursday, utilities shares fell by 0.6%.Top HeadlineFactSet Research Systems Inc FDS report ...