us stocks rose thursday ahead of a series of earnings reports later in the day and after fresh labormarket data provided insight on the pace of the recovery the sp 500 gained 1313 points or 03 to 446083 its 47th record high of the year the nasdaq composite edged up 5113 points or 035 to close at 1481626 while the dow jones industrial average rose 1488 points or less than 01 to 3549985 to a record close