India, Feb. 13 -- After recovering from an early sell-off but still ending the previous session mostly lower, stocks have moved to the upside during trading on Thursday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq is leading the charge after ending Wednesday's trading slightly higher.
Currently, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 are just off their highs of the session. The Nasdaq is up 207.80 points or 1.1 percent at 19,857.75, the S&P 500 is up 33.60 points or 0.6 percent at 6,085.57 and the Dow is up 77.21 points or 0.2 percent at 44,445.77.
The strength on Wall Street may partly reflect optimism about a possible peace deal between Russia and Ukraine following comments from President Donald Trump.
Trump said he had a "lengthy and highly productive phone call" with...