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The S&P 500 posted its best weekly gain of 2015, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched its best week since early February, as U.S. stocks finished a volatile session with modest gains.

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Gap Inc.was downgraded at MKM Partners after September results showed continued declines and raised margin concerns.

The dollar finished Friday with a weekly loss against almost every other currency as rising crude-oil prices and lingering doubts about a 2015 Federal Reserve interest-rate hike boosted its rivals.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Foreign central bankers are asking the U.S. central bank to hike interest rates, said Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer on Friday. During an interview on CNN International, Fischer said overseas events do matter for the U.S. economy. The fact that 13 of 17 Fed officials see a rate hike this year represents the "underlying thinking" at the Fed, he said.

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Treasury yields finish the week higher, posting their largest weekly increase since late August, as investors sold U.S. government debt, which is considered a safe investment, in favor of riskier assets amid a global stock market rally.

Interactive Data Holdings Corp. said late Friday it plans to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the financial market data company reported revenue of $939.2 million for 2014. Interactive Data said private-equity firms Silver Lake Group LLC and Warburg Pincus LLC will continue to have majority voting power of all outstanding shares. Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and UBS Investment Bank are listed among the underwriters. Читать дальше...

Eli Lilly & Co. said Friday it bought the rights to a potential treatment for severe hypoglycemia in people with diabetes from Locemia Solutions. Intranasal glucagon could be "the first needle-free rescue" for the hypoglycemia and "an important innovation for people with diabetes" condition, Lilly said. Financial terms were not disclosed. Shares of Lilly were down 0.4% in late trading Friday after ending the regular session up 2.8%.

GoPro Inc.'s stock surged 5.4% in active trade Friday, to bounce sharply off a record close in the previous session. Volume of 17.7 million shares was nearly 50% more than the 30-day average, according to FactSet. Prior to Friday's rally, the stock had tumbled 56% in two months, and 71% since closing at its record high of $93.85 a year ago. On Thursday, the stock closed at $27.60, the lowest price since it went public on June 26, 2014 at an IPO price of $24, after Morgan Stanley slashed its price target... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks ended Friday's choppy session slightly higher and logged their biggest weekly gains in months. The S&P 500 posted its biggest gain since last December, rising in four out of five sessions. The S&P 500 closed 1.46 points, or less than 0.1%, higher at 2,014.89 and has gained 3.3% over the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose for a sixth consecutive session. The blue-chip index added 33.74 points, or 0.2%, to 17,084.49 and booked a 3.7% gain over the week, its biggest gain since February. Читать дальше...

Dell Inc. has filed confidentially for an initial public offering of its cybersecurity unit, Dell SecureWorks Inc., as the personal-computer maker plots a dramatic reshaping of itself.

Dell Inc. has filed confidentially for an initial public offering of its cybersecurity unit, Dell SecureWorks Inc., as the personal-computer maker plots a dramatic reshaping of itself.

U.S. stocks end higher Friday; S&P 500 notches best week of the year

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Are your investments safe from hackers? 5 things to know about brokerages and cybersecurity

Are your investments safe from hackers? 5 things to know about brokerages and cybersecurity

Are your investments safe from hackers? 5 things to know about brokerages and cybersecurity

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Oil futures settle with a 9% weekly gain

Oil futures settled Friday at their highest level since late July, up 9% for the week. A weaker U.S. dollar, worries about tension in the Middle East and declines in the number of active U.S. oil rigs were among the reasons oil prices climbed. Expectations that falling U.S. refinery activity will contribute to the glut of crude supplies, however, kept a cap on any price gains. November crude settled at $49.63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 20 cents, or 0.4%, for the session after touching highs above $50. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Interest rates could be below 1% at the end of 2016, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said Friday. In a speech in Milwaukee, Evans stressed that the timing of the first rate hike was not as important to him as the pace of subsequent moves. "Accordingly, when thinking about the initial stages of normalization, I find it useful to focus on where I think the federal funds rate ought to be at the end of next year given my economic outlook and assessment of the risks. And right now... Читать дальше...

Gold futures settled sharply higher on Friday as expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue to delay an interest-rate hike pressured the U.S. dollar. December gold climbed $11.60, or 1%, to $1,155.90 an ounce on Comex, the highest settlement since Aug. 21. For the week, prices gained 1.7%.

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc.'s stock rocketed 22% in active afternoon trade Friday, putting it on track for the third-biggest one-day percentage gain in its history, as it extended the gains seen after the wood-flooring company announced a settlement with the Justice Department late Wednesday. Volume of about 10 million shares was nearly seven times the full-day average, according to FactSet. The stock surged 13% on Thursday, after the company agreed to pay $10 million in fines and agreed... Читать дальше...

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to lift the U.S.'s ban on oil exports. The Obama administration has threatened a veto of the bill, saying Congress should focus on "supporting our transition to a low carbon economy." Supporters say it would create jobs. The ban has been in place since 1975. The vote in the House was 261 to 159. Supporters in the Senate are also planning a vote.