At 1:11 p.m. ET (17:11 GMT), the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average had risen by 145 points, or 0.3%, the benchmark S&P 500 increased 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record high closes on Wednesday, lifted by Nvidia and GE Vernova, as the European Union and ...