U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with benchmark indexes adding to weekly gains, amid earnings from Microsoft, Amazon and others and as investors took in stride the first confirmed case of Ebola in New York City.
The Dow Jones Industrials jumped 86.67 points to 16,764.57, after yesterday's 200-point-plus gain
The S&P 500 hiked 9.37 points to 1,960.19. The NASDAQ index gained 16.74 points to 4,469.53.
Microsoft rose after the software titan posting better-than-expected quarterly revenue; Procter & Gamble climbed after the household products maker reported quarterly results and said it would split its Duracell battery business into a separate company.
A report from the Commerce Department on Friday had new-home sales rising 0.2% to a six-year high in September, while the pace of August sales was revised sharply lower.
Around the corner is next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting. The Fed is expected to end its third-round of bond buying, which had been aimed at helping the U.S. economy emerge from the 2008 financial crisis.
Prices for 10-year U.S. Treasuries gained ground, lowering yields to 2.26% from Thursday's 2.28%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices dipped $1.07 to $81.03 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices hiked $1.50 to $1,230.60 U.S. an ounce.