Welcome to Mint live blog. Track this space for latest news and updates on stock markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 1.1% at 23,775.27.
The broad-based S&P 500 climbed 1.4% to close at 2,836.74, while the tech-rich Nasdaq finished 1.7% higher at 8,634.52. Key Wall Street indices ended higher on Friday as investors turned cautiously optimistic, despite mounting evidence of the coronavirus pandemic's deep damage to the American economy.
However, Wall Street finished the five-day stretch negative overall, with the Dow losing 1.9% over the course of a week that began tumultuously as the US benchmark oil price crashed into negative territory for the first time after traders tried to unload futures contracts amid a supply glut.