Wall Street ticked higher Friday to close out its third straight winning week, one punctuated by hopes that the economy can continue to steady itself despite the pandemic. The S&P 500 added 9.16 points, or 0.3 percent, to 3,224.73 after yet another day of wobbly trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 62.76, or 0.2 percent, at 26,671.95, while the Nasdaq composite added 29.36, or 0.3 percent, at 10,503.19. Even China's market held steady: Stocks in Shanghai inched up 0.1 percent following a run earlier this month where their average daily move was more than 2 percent. ``The market just continues to try and get its finger on the pulse,'' said James McCann, senior global economist at Aberdeen Standard Investments.

Source: The Standard July 18, 2020 06:26 UTC