Major U.S. equity averages finished higher Friday, leaving Wall Street with its best week since November, with stocks largely bolstered this week by cooler-than-expected inflation data.  The benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) ended +1% at 5,

Wall Street paused, with stocks ending little changed. Strong bank earnings keep rolling in and Trump's Treasury pick fields Senate questions.

U.S. stock indexes are rising Friday as they head toward the close of their best week in two months. The S&P 500 was 0.9% higher in early trading and on track for its first winning week in the last three.

U.S. stock indexes closed their best week in two months with a flourish Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 climbed 1% to clinch its first winning week in the last three. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.