U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 200 points on Thursday. The Dow traded up 0.47% to 42,110.56 while the NASDAQ rose 0.19% to 18,117.40. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.21% to 5,734.09. Check This Out: How To Earn $500 A Month From Costco Stock Ahead Of Q4 Earnings Leading and Lagging Sectors Materials shares jumped by 1.8% on Thursday. In trading on Thursday, energy shares fell by 1.9%. Top Headline U.S. initial jobless claims fell by 4,000 from the prior week to 218,000 during the period ending September 21, compared to estimates of 2…