US stocks close higher as fears of banking crisis ease

Wall Street stocks climbed Thursday as markets calmed after recent banking sector turmoil. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4 percent to 32,859.03, while the broad-based S&P 500 picked up by 0.6 percent to 4,050.83. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 0.7 percent to 12,013.47.