U.S. stocks closed higher Friday for the fourth day in a row, staging a big comeback after a swoon following Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union. The U.S. market ended the week up 3 per cent, its biggest weekly gain since November. British stocks have regained all the ground they lost since the vote last week, and U.S. stocks have come close.
On Friday:
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 19.38 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 17,949.37.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 4.09 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,102.95.
The Nasdaq composite added 19.89 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 4,862.57.
For the week:
The Dow is up 548.62 points, or 3.2 per cent.
The S&P 500 is up 65.54 points, or 3.2 per cent.
The Nasdaq is up 154.59 points, or 3.3 per cent.
For the year:
The Dow is up 524.34 points, or 3 per cent.
The S&P 500 is up 59.01 points, or 2.9 per cent.
The Nasdaq is down 144.84 points, or 2.9 per cent.
