NEW YORK — Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday following a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.

The S&P 500 index rose 0.9% in afternoon trading. The benchmark index remains on track to notch a second consecutive winning week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 344 points, or 0.8% as of 1:22 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite rose 1.2%

The gains were broad, with nearly every sector in the benchmark S&P 500 rising. Technology stocks, with their outsized values, gave the market its biggest boost. Chipmaker Nvidia jumped 1.6% and iPhone maker Apple rose 1.4%.

Tesla rose 5.5%, regaining some the big losses it suffered on Thursday when Trump and Musk sparred feverishly on social media.

Circle Internet Group, the U.S.-based issuer of one of the most popular cryptocurrencies

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