After an early move to the upside, stocks have given back ground over the course of the trading day on Friday but remain mostly positive. The advance on the day comes after the major averages came under pressure in the latter half of the previous session.
Currently, the major averages are off their highs of the session but holding on to gains. The Nasdaq is up 78.07 points or 0.6 percent at 13,599.51, the S&P 500 is up 14.06 points or 0.3 percent at 4,361.41 and the Dow is up 59.88 points or 0.2 percent at 33,951.82.
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