The blue-chip Dow pushed about 170 points higher on Thursday, outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq as investors digested better-than-expected US GDP data and a slew of upbeat results for its components. The first estimate of third-quarter GDP showed that the economy grew by 2.6%, above market expectations of 2.4%, and returning to growth after two consecutive quarters of decline. On the corporate side, Caterpillar surged more than 7% after the heavy-equipment maker topped Wall Street projections for revenue and profit. Comcast and Mcdonald's added 1.2% and 3.4%, respectively, following earnings reports that surpassed forecasts. On the other hand, the Nasdaq fell nearly 2.0% and S&P 500 0.6% on disappointing earnings from big tech. Facebook-parent Meta sank almost 25% after missing earnings estimates and offering weak guidance for the fourth quarter. The gloomy outlook comes on the heels of disappointing earnings from Alphabet and Microsoft earlier this week.