The benchmark for American shares, the S&P 500 Index, just notched the best week in more than four decades. These other things are new and promising, and the S&P 500 closes at a one-month high. All the major industry groups drop as the S&P 500 has its worst day in two weeks. Yet Friday is risk-on -- at one point it looks like S&P 500 futures could hit their upper trading curbs. The S&P 500 is undaunted, rising 2.7%, its best Friday in a month.

Source: Hindustan Times April 18, 2020 08:10 UTC