US stocks closed higher across the board on Thursday, with the Nasdaq rising 2.5%

The US stock market closed on Thursday, with US President Trump stating that the US Iran agreement may be signed in Europe this weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average initially closed up 1.86%, the S&P 500 index rose 1.75%, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 2.5%, Intel (INTC. O) and Supermicro Computer (SMCI. O) rose 9%, Nvidia (NVDA. O) rose 2%, Tesla (TSLA. O) rose over 4%, the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed up 0.24%, and Alibaba (BABA. N) and JD.com (JD. O) fell more than 1%.