U.S. stocks jump ahead of Thanksgiving, Dow Jones adds 172 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stock markets swept higher on Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, amidst falling U.S. Treasury yields.

"I'd probably be leaning more towards the camp at this rally could continue a little bit longer," Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management told CNBC Wednesday. "A soft landing from the Fed [is] becoming more and more of a possibility as infl