Markets rise Thursday

NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. markets made late gains Thursday, completing a streak of four days with positive numbers.

JP Morgan Chase said second quarter net profits rose 36 percent. The report follows news that profits soared at Goldman Sachs Group in the second quarter.

By close, the Dow Jones industrial average added 95.61 points or 1.11 percent to 8,711.82. The Standard & Poor's 500 gained 8.06 or 0.86 percent to 940.74. The Nasdaq composite index rose 1.19 percent, 22.13 points, to 1,885.03.

On the New York Stock Exchange, 2,113 stocks advanced and 881 declined on a volume of 1.1 billion shares traded.

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury bond rose 10/32 to yield 3.57 percent.

The euro rose to $1.4151 Thursday, compared to Wednesday's $1.4107. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar fell to 93.92 yen, compared to Wednesday's 94.35 yen.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei average added 74.91 points, 0.81 percent, to 9,344.16.

In London, the FTSE 100 index rose 0.35 percent, 15.38, to 4,361.84.