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U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, with the S&P 500 and technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite each posting its biggest weekly jump since November ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 297.01 points Friday, or 0.7%, to close at 41,393.78.
The S&P 500 climbed 30.26 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 5,626.02.
The Nasdaq advanced 114.30, or 0.7%, to end at 17,683.98.
For the week, the Dow gained 2.6%, the S&P 500 rallied 4%, and the Nasdaq jumped 6%. According to Dow Jones Market Data, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each saw their largest weekly percentage gain since the stretch ending Nov. 3.
Investors are looking ahead to the Fed’s two-day policy meeting next week, which will conclude Wednesday with its highly anticipated decision on where to set interest rates. At last check, according to the CME FedWatch Tool, after the closing bell on Friday, traders were pricing in a 55% chance the Fed will lower its policy rate by a quarter percentage point and a 45% probability of a larger, half-point rate cut.
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