Stocks rose Friday on a tame consumer inflation report that reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates for now.
Stocks neared multi-year highs before pulling back to close with modest gains, weighed down by weakness in the auto sector.
The Federal Reserve meets again Wednesday to set interest rate policy, a day after a wholesale inflation report that’s also expected to show restrained inflation.
Shares of Adobe Systems surged 10% on third-quarter results that beat Wall Street forecasts.
California Micro soared 20% after raising guidance, while Tektronix
slumped 3.4% after lowering expectations.
Applied Micro fell 9% after the company said it will restate results after a review of stock option practices.
After the close, Freescale shares jumped 6% on a buyout offer.
The Nasdaq rose 6 to 2235, the S&P 500 added 3 to 1319, and the Dow gained 33 to 11,560. Volume soared to 3.15 billion shares on the NYSE, and 2.55 billion on the Nasdaq. Advancers led 19-13 on the NYSE, and 15-14 on the Nasdaq. Upside volume was 53% on the NYSE, and 54% on the Nasdaq. New highs-new lows were 274-56 on the NYSE, and 201-85 on the Nasdaq.
