Review & Preview: On the Bright Side

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 294 points, or 0.6%, to a record, while the S&P 500 added 0.4%—putting it up for eight straight weeks. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day 0.2% higher. There wasn’t much in the way of earnings reports on Friday, but investors were still buoyed by the swell from earlier this week.