NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended solidly higher on Friday as a strong jobs report and optimism about U.S.-China trade negotiations ahead of an upcoming deadline helped stoke investor risk appetite.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 336.76 points, or 1.22%, to 28,014.55, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 28.45 points, or 0.91%, to 3,145.88 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 85.83 points, or 1%, to 8,656.53.
Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Chris Reese
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