Dow, S&P 500 finish higher even as pandemic aid talks break down in DC without a deal

摘要

Dow books 3.8% weekly gain, its biggest in 2 months Dow, S&P 500 finish higher even as pandemic aid talks break down in DC without a deal Major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Friday, capping off another week of sharp gains, despite Washington’s failure to produce a last- minute coronavirus aid package before Congress takes a summer recess, leaving America’s economic recovery hanging in the balance. Rising tensions between Beijing and Washington also were in focus, after the Trump administration ordered a ban on transactions with a pair of China-based technology companies.