Late Surge Helps Markets Avoid a Rough Day

A late-day recovery erased much of the early losses on Wall Street, leaving major indexes mixed at the close. The burst of buying Friday brought the S&P 500 barely higher for the week, marking its second weekly gain in a row. The S&P 500 edged up 1 point to 2,707, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 63 points to 25,106, and the Nasdaq edged up 9 points to 7,298, per the AP. The market is coming off a steep drop in December, followed by the best January in three decades. With less than a month to go before a cease-fire expires in the tariff fight between the US and China, traders have been watching closely for any signs of progress. So far, there's no deal on the horizon.