Banks, smaller companies and other areas of the stock market that tend to do best when the economy is strong helped lead the way. In the crypto market, bitcoin eclipsed $99,000 for the first time before pulling back toward $98,000, according to CoinDesk.

Global stocks are higher following gains on Wall Street after market superstar Nvidia and other companies said they’re making even fatter profits than expected

U.S. stocks are rising Thursday after more companies said they’re making fatter profits than expected. Market superstar Nvidia also topped forecasts, but Wall Street’s ambivalence about whether the heavyweight's report was impressive enough is keeping indexes in check.