Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.68 percent to 16,790.98 while the NASDAQ surged 0.45 percent to 4,472.87. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.59 percent to 1,962.26. Leading and Lagging Sectors
Stocks snapped a four week losing streak for the major market gauges following a strong batch of Q3 earning results, reassuring investors worried in recent weeks over the pace of U.S. economic growth. Most sectors in the S&P 500
Stocks were modestly higher Friday following strong earnings results from Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Procter & Gamble ( PG ) offsetting an earnings miss by Amazon ( AMZN ) as well as early pressure on global equities after