Dow climbs 377 points as bank-stock rally outweighs historic unemployment filings

· *US stocks rose on Thursday as a torrid rally in bank stocks outweighed another dismal jobless-claims report.*
· *Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo were among the biggest gainers among financial firms in the S&P 500.*
· *Last week, 3 million Americans filed for unemployment, bringing the eight-week total to more...