Wall Street inched higher earlier on Thursday trading session in New York after a government report showed that employers in the country added more jobs than initially expected and as tension between Ukraine and the Russian Federation eased. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 0.28% to 1,879, the Dow Jones rose 0.27% to 16,404.94 and the Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 0.27% to 4,369.598.