The Dow Jones industrial average rose 96 points, or 1.2 percent, to 8,500. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 12, or 1.4 percent, to 919. The Nasdaq composite index is up 22, or 1.3 percent, at 1,774.
The Dow ended the week up 2.7 percent, and all three indexes rose for the third month in a row.
Rising issues were ahead of falling ones by more than 3 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.86 billion shares.
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