Traders Gregory Rowe, left, and Ryan Falvey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 5, 2018. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as the market builds on a solid gain from late in the day before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Photo Gallery
NEW YORK — Global stock indexes kept climbing Thursday as investors around the world grew more optimistic that a trade dispute between the U.S. and China, the two largest economies in the world, will resolve without too much damage. In the U.S., banks and retailers made some of the biggest gains.
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