US stocks recovered from an early drop on Thursday as investors worried about AI shares rotated into healthcare and consumer names such as Eli Lilly and UnitedHealth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.16%, the S&P 500 gained 0.38%, and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.16%. European markets mostly closed higher, with the FTSE 100 up 1.08%, the DAX 30 up 0.33%, and the CAC 40 up 0.78%, while the STOXX fell 0.36%. The article lists the previous session's Asian closes as the Nikkei 225 down 4.90%, the Hang Seng down 1.03%, and the Shanghai Composite down 1.59%. The US 10-year Treasury note yield stood at 5.093% and the 2-year at 4.757%, oil was at $97.72 per barrel (down 0.26%), and gold at $4,190.50 per ounce (up 0.49%).
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