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A BRIGHT END TO A BAD WEEK

U.S. stocks rallied to close out another disappointing trading week, temporarily halting a slump that has sent the S&P 500 .SPX and Nasdaq .IXIC to their fourth straight weekly decline and the Dow .DJI to its biggest weekly percentage drop in two years.

Growth stocks led the rebound on Friday, with the S&P 500 growth index .IGX notching its biggest daily percentage gain since August 8. Megacaps Nvidia NVDA.O, Microsoft .MSFT.O, Apple APPL.O, Meta Platforms META.O and Amazon.com AMZN.O provided the biggest lift to the broad S&P 500 index.

Equities were able to shake off a brief dip in the early stages of trading after a reading in consumer sentiment showed a sharp plunge, the latest in a string of soft survey data, as worries about the Trump administration's tariff increase.

Each of the 11 major S&P sectors ended higher, led by tech .SPLRCT, while consumer staples .SPLRCS lagged.

For the week, the S&P 500 fell 2.27%, the Nasdaq declined 2.43%, and the Dow fell 3.07%.

Here is Friday's closing snapshot:

(Chuck Mikolajczak)

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