Morning Edition · Mon 12 Oct 2026
Stocks End Week Higher as S&P 500 Nears Its Record
US stocks rose on Friday to close out a record-setting week, with the S&P 500 finishing close to the all-time high it set three days earlier, the Associated Press reported.
Chanan Zevin - Chief Editor and Head of Desks
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Friday’s close
The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to 7,811.54 on Friday and came close to topping its all-time high set three days earlier, the Associated Press reported. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 423.31 points to 51,654.95, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.6% to 27,366.17.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies closed at 2,806.98, AP said, and the 10-year Treasury yield stood at 5.24%.
The week and the year
For the week, the S&P 500 gained 1.2%, the Dow 0.9% and the Nasdaq 0.6%, while the Russell 2000 fell 0.9%, according to AP. So far this year the S&P 500 is up 14.1%.