Dow Jones gains 269 points as Wall Street rally extends

New York, New York - U.S. stock markets extended their gains for a fourth day in a row Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and indicated three rate cuts were on the agenda for later this year.

"For now, the soft-landing thesis is intact, with leading indicators showing nascent signs of trending more positively," Jim Baird at Plante Moran Financial Advisors told Bloomberg Thursd