Stocks surge Friday, led by tech and fueled by jobs | CNN Business

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US stocks rose on Friday as investors continued to parse strong tech earnings and a searing jobs report, leading shares of Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Microsoft to close at fresh highs.

The Dow rose 135 points, or 0.4%. The S&P 500 gained 1.1% to reach a record-high close. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.7%. All three major indexes ended the week higher.

The US economy added a staggering 353,000 jobs in January, blowing past economists’ expectations of 176,500 jobs last month, according to fresh data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday

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