Among the strongest performers, Thermo Fisher Scientific rose 12%, topping the leaderboard for large-cap stocks, followed by T-Mobile US, up 9%.

The S&P 500 and the Dow followed their global counterparts higher on Thursday, and Treasury yields reversed their three-day slide after a trade deal between the United States and Japan provided a welcome sign of progress in President Donald Trump's multi-front tariff negotiations.

In short, history says the stock market is about to soar, and most Wall Street analysts who follow The Trade Desk ( TTD 0.48%) and Pure Storage ( PSTG -0.59%) have buy ratings on the stocks. Among 42 analysts, The Trade Desk has a median target price of $90 per share. That implies 10% upside from its current share price of $82.