Market Overview
U.S. stocks surged in early trading on Friday, with $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US$ and $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US$ hitting intraday highs and all three major indexes gaining over 1% by midday. However, gains were halved by the close. Small-cap stocks led the market for the second day, with the small-cap index rising 1.8% before ending up 1%, and gaining 5.7% for the week, outperforming major indexes.
The semiconductor index rose over 2% for the week, and the Chinese concept stocks index gained over 4% for the week. $Tesla(TSLA.US$ rose about 3% on Friday but ended a four-week winning streak, $NVIDIA(NVDA.US$ gained 1.4% on Friday and 2.7% for the week, $Baidu(BIDU.US$ fell 1.6% on Friday but rose over 11% for the week, and bank stocks were sluggish as the U.S. earnings season kicked off.
The dollar fell for two consecutive weeks. The yen rose 1% at one point, breaking above 158. Gold rose for the third consecutive week. Oil prices fell on Friday, ending a four-week winning streak.
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