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The S&P 500 rose on Thursday, boosted by tech stocks, as investors stepped in to buy after a batch of strong earnings results.

The broad market index climbed 0.58% to close at 6,738.44, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded up 144.20 points, or 0.31%, to finish at 46,734.61. The Nasdaq Composite outperformed, rising 0.89% to settle at 22,941.80, seeing support from the gains in names like Nvidia, Broadcom and Amazon. A nearly 3% jump in shares of fellow artificial intelligence player Oracle also helped send the market higher.

Averages hit their highs of the session after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing that President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Thursday in South Korea. The announcement eased investors’ fears about U.S.-China relations that had pressured equities on Wednesday.

The S&P 500’s move higher marks a full recovery and more from its meaningful losses seen in the previous session, when the index fell roughly 0.5%. The Dow lost about 334 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq declined 0.9% as investors rotated out of riskier assets.

Stocks had finished lower Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the White House is mulling plans to curb exports to China made with U.S. software. Those plans would build on Trump’s statement almost two weeks ago that the U.S. will implement export restrictions by Nov. 1 on “any and all critical software.”

“Do not discount the bull market yet, just because of a volatility bout,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president at Reflexivity. “A handful of tech stocks have led the rally, but now we stand to see how hundreds of global companies benefit from AI’s productivity gains.”

Investors are continuing to watch earnings releases from key U.S. companies, which many believe could be make-or-break for the current bull market rally. Honeywell shares led the blue-chip Dow’s rise, advancing almost 7% Thursday, after it posted better-than-expected quarterly results and lifted its full-year outlook. American Airlines increased 6% following its narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and upbeat guidance.

The market was able to overcome what had been sore spots in the trading day. Tesla – which kicked off reports from the “Magnificent Seven” – ended up 2% after coming back from earlier losses following a mixed third-quarter report. IBM shares also pared losses after beating Wall Street estimates but reporting in-line software revenue. Meanwhile, oil prices rose after the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Russia’s two biggest crude companies due to the country’s “lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.”

More than 80% of the S&P 500 companies that have reported so far have exceeded earnings expectations, per FactSet.

“While we are seeing individual stocks get punished after missing expectations, we expect earnings overall to be strong enough to keep stock prices elevated in the near-term,” said Emily Bowersock Hill, CEO and founding partner at Bowersock Capital Partners. “This current earnings season is unlikely to disappoint investors enough to trigger a notable market setback.”

Beyond earnings, inflation data due Friday is expected to give further clues about the health of the economy, particularly ahead of the Federal Reserve’s late October meeting. Markets widely expect central bankers to cut rates by another quarter percentage point.