U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average surged 322.58 points, an increase of 0.95 percent, to 34,196.82. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index jumped 97.98, a 0.7 percent increase, to 14,369.71. Tesla surged 3.5 percent, Netflix gained one percent, Facebook climbed 0.8 percent, and Google-parent Alphabet advanced 0.7 percent. The U.S. dollar fell versus a basket of other currencies.