Decreasing trade tensions with China and less fear about rate hikes from the Federal Reserve have helped push stocks higher.
The stock market rallied on the first day of March, as Wall Street looked to build on its best start to a year in nearly 30 years.
The moves come after all three major indexes posted solid monthly gains in February, pushing them to their best start to a year since 1991. The Dow and S&P 500 were both up more than 11 percent through Thursday's close while the Nasdaq Composite is up 13.5 percent.
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