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A robust, broad-based rally sent Wall Street to a sharply higher close on Friday as encouraging economic data and a sunnier earnings outlook fueled investor risk appetite ahead of next week's much-anticipated two-day policy meeting of the Federal Reserve.
A robust, broad-based rally sent Wall Street to a sharply higher close on Friday as encouraging economic data and a rosier earnings outlook boosted investor risk appetite ahead of next week's much-anticipated two-day policy meeting of the Federal Reserve.
Consumer stocks were ending broadly mixed on Friday, with the SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF (XLP) climbing 2.2% and the SPDR Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF (XLY) sinking 0.1%.
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A bounce in U.S. stocks that has defied a barrage of major earnings disappointments faces a key test in the coming week, when the Federal Reserve's next meeting could shed light on how long it will stick to the aggressive monetary policies that have crippled asset prices in 2022.
What happened
Shares of video platform Rumble (NASDAQ: RUM) are up a whopping 63% this week, as of 2:10 p.m. ET on Friday, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. For comparison, the S&P 500 is only up 3.6% over this time. Helping boost its full-week
A robust, broad-based rally sent Wall Street stocks surging on Friday, as encouraging economic data and a rosier earnings outlook buoyed investor risk appetite ahead of next week's much-anticipated two-day policy meeting of the Federal Reserve.
Wall Street indexes jumped on Friday, buoyed by upbeat results from Apple, with investors hoping that some signs of economic weakness would lead to the U.S. Federal Reserve slowing down the pace of its interest rate hikes soon.
Consumer stocks were broadly mixed in Friday trading, with the SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF (XLP) climbing 2.1% and the SPDR Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF (XLY) sinking 0.8%.