NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose the most so far this year on Thursday after a drop in applications for unemployment insurance boosted confidence in the economy, and as Disney's results overshot expectations.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 187.14 points or 1.21 percent, to 15,627.37, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 21.76 points or 1.24 percent, to 1,773.4 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 45.57 points or 1.14 percent, to 4,057.122.
(Reporting By Angela Moon; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
