Washington - SPA
U.S. stocks finished higher on Friday, with all three major indexes rising over 0.5 percent, as investors received mixed economic reports. In world markets, European stocks ended higher, led by the CAC 40 in France rising 4 percent. Asian markets ended mixed, with the Shanghai Composite rising 0.5 percent and the Nikkei in Japan falling 0.2 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 125.71, or 1.1 percent, to 11,269.02. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 6.17, or 0.5 percent, to 1,178.81. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 15.30, or 0.6 percent, to 2,507.98.