text:  U.S. stocks closed out Thursday's trading session mostly higher. All three major U.S. indexes finishing in positive territory. Here are the closing numbers on Wall Street for today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 36 points, gaining close to one-tenth of one percent. The S&P 500 finished up close to five points, gaining almost one-tenth of one percent. And the Tech of the Nasdaq finished up 53 points with a gain of three-tenths of one percent.