Welcome to Mint live blog. Track this space for latest news and updates on stock markets. Key Wall Street indices rose Friday and also posted gains for the week, boosted by a surge in Boeing shares, President Donald Trump's plan to reopen the coronavirus-battered economy and hopes of a potential drug by Gilead to treat covid-19.
Boeing shares soared nearly 15% on plans to restart commercial jet production in Washington state after halting operations last month due to the covid-19 pandemic.