U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 500 points on Thursday. Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 1.29% to 40,523.31 while the NASDAQ jumped 1.34% to 17,423.38. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.09% to 5,514.51. Check This Out: Wall Street’s Most Accurate Analysts Spotlight On 3 Materials Stocks With Over 4% Dividend Yields Leading and Lagging SectorsConsumer discretionary shares climbed by 2.6% on Thursday. In trading on Thursday, utilities shares fell 0.6%. Top Headline U.S. retail sales gained 1% month-over-month in July versus a revised 0.2% decline in June and higher than market estimates of a 0.3% gain. Equities Trading UP                        Cingulate Inc. (NASDAQ:CING) shares shot up 149% to $4.60 after the company was granted European patent No. 3261625 for CTx-1301, its lead asset for the treatment of ADHD. Shares of VS MEDIA Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:VSME) got a boost, surging 61% to $1.1500. SciSparc Ltd. (NASDAQ:SPRC) shares were also up, gaining 45% to $0.4671 after the company announced the courts approval to convene a meeting of shareholders to approve a ...