After four days of negative numbers, the broad S&P 500 index rose 0.8 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.1 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 1.4 percent.
The market was also boosted by a sharp rise in Micron. The chip giant, which reported higher-than-expected profit and revenue for the last quarter, surged just over 10 percent.
Micron dragged AI-related companies like Nvidia and Broadcom, both of which lost heavily on Wednesday, down 1.9 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively.
