Shares of Goldman and Boeing were helping to propel the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a triple-digit gain in afternoon trade Thursday. Boeing Co.'s shares BA, +3.09% were up 2.3%, or $7.36, while those for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +2.63% were rising 2.5% or $6.39, combining to contribute roughly 95 points to the price-weighted Dow's DJIA, +1.21% rise of 306 points, or 1.3%, at 24,500. A $1 move in any one of the blue-chip gauge's components equates to a 6.89-point swing in the average. Thursday's rally came after President Donald Trump dialed back bellicose rhetoric around a possible retaliatory military strike against Syria, which helped to drive the market lower on Wednesday. Meanwhile, worries about tense trade relations between China and the U.S. were also abating, at least momentarily. Those geopolitical factors were taking a back seat to expectations for strong quarterly results, with earnings season set to unofficially be kicked off by financials Friday. Bank stocks XLF, +1.75% were broadly rising ahead of a results from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +2.49% aided by a climb in the yield of the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond TMUBMUSD10Y, -0.71% to 2.83% from 2.79% on late Wednesday. Rising yields can support a bank's lending model.