The S&P500 and Nasdaq booked a seventh consecutive session of gains, reversing opening declines after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has given an instruction for Israel to begin talks with Lebanon that would also include the disarming of Hezbollah, which is also linked to Iran – Dow rose +276-points or +0.58% to 48,185.80, moving back into positive territory for the calendar year (up ~0.25%) and climbing above its 50-day moving average (48,021.73) for the first time since 26 February.