Strong economic data provided material support to the US stock market at the start of the New York trading session.
The US jobless claims report showed a slight decline last week, signaling continued strengthening in the labor market in the giant economy.
However, investors are seen as still worried about a potential crisis in the regional banking sector.
Comerica, First Republic Bank and Zions Bancorporation were the biggest losers in the S&P 500 in the New York session, followed by weaker energy stocks.
This was in response to a retracement in the main index, which saw it close modestly higher in late trade.
As a result, the 3 main US indexes, the Dow Jones Industrial rose 0.23% to 32,105.26, while the S&P rose 0.3% to 3,948.71 and the Nasdaq jumped 1.29% to 12,729.23.
The US30 index was little changed at 32,126 during the Asian session.
Of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors, only communications services and technology ended the session higher. Netflix jumps 8% boosted by possible ban on Tiktok.
Also, chipmaker Nvidia Corp rose 2.7% after Needham raised its price target, while Accenture jumped 7.3% after it announced plans to cut about 2.5% of its workforce.
