India, June 27 -- After moving sharply higher early in the session, stocks saw considerable volatility over the course of the trading day on Friday. The major averages showed wild swings as the day progressed, although the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq still managed to end the day at new record closing highs.
The major averages moved to the upside going into the close after an early afternoon pullback. The Dow jumped 432.43 points or 1.0 percent at 43,819.27, the Nasdaq climbed 105.55 points or 0.5 percent to 20,273.46 and the S&P 500 rose 32.05 points or 0.5 percent to 6,173.07.
For the week, the tech-heavy Nasdaq surged by 4.3 percent, while the Dow jumped by 3.8 percent and the S&P 500 shot up by 3.4 percent.
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