DNA
\nWASHINGTON
\nU.S. stocks gained on Friday, ahead of a long Memorial day weekend, after U.S. President Donald Trump predicted a swift end to the ongoing trade war with China.
\nTrump said on Thursday that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd could also be included in the trade deal, while at the same time calling the Chinese telecommunications giant \u201cvery dangerous.\u201d
\nHowever, no high-level talks have been scheduled since the last round of negotiations in Washington two weeks ago.
\nThe S&P 500 index is on pace to end the week 1% lower, which would make it the third straight week of losses for the benchmark index, as markets worried that the trade war would result in a global economic slowdown.
\n \u201cThe markets seem to be struggling to hold on to gains right now because people don\u2019t want to be too long heading into the holiday weekend,\u201d said Marc Pfeffer, chief investment strategist at CLS Investments in Omaha, Nebraska.
\nAdding to concerns about a slowing broader economy, data showed that U.S.-made capital goods fell more than expected in April. \u201cThe positive trade narrative has trumped data today,\u201d said Mike Dowdall, investment strategist for BMO Global Asset Management, in Chicago.
\nTechnology shares, that were among the hardest hit this week, rose 0.53% boosted by gains in chipmaker Intel Corp and iPhone maker Apple Inc. Financials gained 0.61%, as U.S. treasury yields rose for the first time in three days.
\nHowever markets were off their session highs, with traders saying volatile trading and thin volumes were likely as market participants geared up for the long weekend.
\nFoot Locker Inc plunged 17.1%, the most on the S&P, after the footwear retailer, one of the biggest U.S. retailers of Nike Inc shoes, missed quarterly profit and same-store sales estimates. Shares of Nike dipped 0.2%.
\nTotal System Services Inc jumped 13.4% after Bloomberg reported Global Payments Inc has held preliminary tie-up talks with the payment solutions provider. Global Payments\u2019 shares rose 5.5%.
\nAutodesk Inc fell 4.5% after the software maker reported quarterly earnings below expectations. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.99-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 1.94-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
\nThe S&P index recorded 36 new 52-week highs and 16 new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 33 new highs and 86 new lows. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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