U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday as shares of Nvidia gained after its quarterly results, while investors digested a late-afternoon court ruling that reinstated the most sweeping of President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Stocks closed modestly higher, pulled up by Nvidia’s earnings, while bond yields fell. Investors are losing some of their jumpiness over tariff uncertainty. A rally that started early in the day sparked by a court decision invalidating most of the Trump administration’s tariffs ran out of steam late in the day,

Nvidia (NVDA) shares surged Thursday as the chipmaker’s quarterly results impressed Wall Street, even as export controls took a bite out of China sales. Nvidia's record-high sales exceeded analysts' estimates compiled by Visible Alpha,