Nasdaq closes 1% higher, Dow and S&P 500 snap 3-day losing streak: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 7, 2023.

Stocks rose Thursday, allowing the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 to break three-day losing streaks as Friday's all-important jobs report loomed.

The broad S&P 500 climbed 0.80% to 4,585.59, while the blue-chip Dow added 62.95 points, or 0.17%, to 36,117.38. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.37% to 14,339.99 as technology stocks outperformed.

Google-parent Alphabet gained more than 5% as traders cheered the company's launch of its Gemini artificial intelligence model. Nvidia and AMD also added more than 2% and 9%, respectively.

The Nasdaq has also outperformed over the course of the week, gaining about 0.2%. The Dow and S&P 500 are on pace to finish the week lower by around 0.4% and 0.2%, respectively.

Thursday's gains snapped the first three-day negative streaks since October for the Dow and S&P 500. Those losses had raised concerns around if the late-2023 rally was stalling. The three major indexes still remain poised to finish the fourth quarter and calendar year higher, underscoring the strength of the rally seen earlier.

The job market has been a focus of investors this week amid a series of mixed data releases.

Weekly jobless claims released Thursday were below economist expectations and a reading of continuing jobless claims declined, indicating that the pace of layoffs hasn't increased. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield initially popped on the back of the figures, reflecting concerns around the strength of the labor market despite the Federal Reserve's efforts to tame inflation. The yield was last up nearly 3 basis points at 4.148%.

Private payrolls data issued on Wednesday showed that employers added fewer positions than economists forecasted.

Meanwhile, the volume of job openings in October fell to its lowest level since March 2021, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday.

It left traders with a confusing picture ahead of the main event: Friday's official jobs report. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect that 190,000 jobs were added in November, a step up from the prior month. Investors are hoping for signs of cooling in the labor market, leaving the Federal Reserve comfortable with its decision to halt interest rate hikes.

"The market has more than likely gotten ahead of itself in forecasting rate cuts for early next year," said Alex McGrath, chief investment officer at NorthEnd Private Wealth. "The jobs number tomorrow could dump an ice bath on sentiment."