U.S. stocks rose Friday, boosted by an April jobs report that wasn’t quite as bad as feared and signs of an easing in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% in afternoon trading. The Nasdaq Composite added 1.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 360 points, or 1.5%. The monthly report from the...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 08, 2020 04:24 UTC