After a lull on the front of the trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, the New York Stock Exchange ended in the green at the close on Thursday.

Wall Street ended in the green on Thursday as investors regained their appetite for risk as trade tensions between Washington and Beijing seemed to be easing as the yuan stabilized. According to provisional results at the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.45% to 26,383.00 points and the Nasdaq took 2.27% to 8,041.12 points.