US stocks end at records again, S&P 500 +0.4 pc

Wall Street stocks again finished at records on Friday, capping a positive week of trade-related news and mostly solid corporate earnings.

At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 29,342.33, up 0.2 per cent.

The broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.4 per cent to 3,329.24, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.3 per cent to 9,388.94.