US equities ended higher and near best levels in Thursday trading, with S&P logging a new all-time high and the Nasdaq having its best session in more than a year. In macro news, initial jobless claims came in below consensus, the lowest since early January and continuing claims was also light of forecasts. Today’s risk-on session was driven by the latest bout of AI enthusiasm following another blowout quarter and guidance from NVIDIA, which finished up +15.3%.