U.S. major stock indexes ended higher on Friday after stronger-than-expected earnings from the tech sector buoyed the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to all-time highs this week. Amazon.com Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Alphabet Inc. and Intel Corp. posted solid third-quarter earnings. That helped the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index to notch its largest single-day gain since Nov. 7 2016. The S&P 500 scored its seventh straight weekly gain, while the Nasdaq hit its fifth consecutive such rise. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% to 2581 points, pushing weekly gains to 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 23434 points, generating a weeklong gain of 0.5% . The Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 2.2% to 6701 points, 1.1% for the week.
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