How major US stock indexes fared Thursday

Stocks are closing moderately higher on Wall Street and the S&P 500 was helped to a new high Thursday by large technology companies that benefitted from lower bond yields.

Bank stocks and energy companies fell, which muted the market’s overall gains. The S&P 500 index gained 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite climbed 1%. Stocks have benefited this week from a cooling off in the bond market. Yields, which had been steadily ticking higher, have retreated from highs hit earlier in the month.

On Thursday:

The S&P 500 rose 17.22 points, or 0.4%, to 4,097.17.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 57.31 points, or 0.2%, to 33,503.57.

The Nasdaq rose 140.47 points, or 1%, to 13,829.31.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 19.54 points, or 0.9% to 2,242.60.

For the week:

The S&P 500 is up 77.30 points, or 1.9%.

The Dow is up 350.36 points, or 1.1%.

The Nasdaq is up 349.20 points, or 2.6%.

The Russell 2000 is down 11.31 points, or 0.5%.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 341.10 points, or 9.1%.

The Dow is up 2,897.09 points, or 9.5%.

The Nasdaq is up 941.03 points, or 7.3%.

The Russell 2000 is up 267.74 points, or 13.6%.