U.S. stocks closed broadly higher Friday, extending the market's modest gains from the day before. Industrial companies led the gainers as investors cheered solid earnings from Deere & Co. and other companies. Banks and materials stocks also rose sharply. Energy companies climbed along with the price of crude oil.
On Friday:
The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 16.01 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 2,381.73.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 141.82 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 20,804.84.
The Nasdaq composite added 28.57, or 0.5 per cent, to 6,083.70.
The Russell 2000 index of small-company stocks picked up 6.25 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 1,367.33.
For the week:
The S&P 500 fell 9.17 points, or 0.4 per cent.
The Dow fell 91.77 points, or 0.4 per cent.
The Nasdaq fell 37.53 points, or 0.6 per cent.
The Russell 2000 fell 15.44 points, or 1.1 per cent.
For the year:
The S&P 500 rose 142.90 points, or 6.4 per cent.
The Dow rose 1,042.24 points, or 5.3 per cent.
The Nasdaq rose 700.59 points, or 13 per cent.
The Russell 2000 rose 10.20 points, or 0.8 per cent.
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