U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 2% on Thursday. The Dow traded up 1.25% to 40,509.36 while the NASDAQ jumped 2.24% to 17,577.21. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.51% to 5,537.70. Check This Out: Wall Street’s Most Accurate Analysts Spotlight On 3 Materials Stocks With Over 4% Dividend Yields Leading and Lagging Sectors Consumer discretionary shares climbed by 2.8% on Thursday. In trading on Thursday, utilities shares fell 0.3%. Top Headline Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) announced strong second-quarter results and raised full-year guidance…