Market wrap up

Taking a look at your markets.
The S&P 500 posted its best start to the year in more than three decades as strong earnings results from big corporation boosted stock prices.
Pulling up the figures for you.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down less than zero-point-one percent to just under 25,000.
The S&P 500 jumped almost zero-point-nine percent to 2,704.
The Nasdaq added around one-point-four percent to 7,281.
South Korea's main bourse ended virtually unchanged on Thursday as investors locked in profits.
The benchmark KOSPI edged down around one point to finish at just over 2,200.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ added zero-point-two percent to 717.