U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Friday.
The Dow traded up 0.57% to 38,303.11 while the NASDAQ rose 2.01% to 15,925.77. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.14% to 5,106.22.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Communication services shares rose by 4.3% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, energy shares dipped by 0.8%.
Top Headline
Microsoft Corp(NASDAQ:MSFT) shares rose more than 2% on Friday after the company posted better-than-expected earnings and sales results for its third quarter.
The company's revenue increased 17% year-over-year to $61.9 billion, which beat the consensus estimate of...
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