05:02 PM EDT, 10/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose on Friday as a rally in Amazon ( AMZN ) boosted the consumer discretionary sector. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.6% to 23,724.96, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% to 6,840.20, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed less than 0.1% to 47,562.87. The consumer discretionary sector, home to Amazon (...

* Solid Q3 earnings season sees 130 more S&P 500 reports next week * Meta, Microsoft ( MSFT ) shares stumble after results; Alphabet, Amazon ( AMZN ) gain * Private data including ADP employment in focus as shutdown set to delay jobs report By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A resilient U.S. stocks rally heads into...

(Adds market details after close of trading) * Indexes end up: Dow 0.09%, S&P 500 0.26%, Nasdaq 0.61% * Wall Street boasts longest monthly winning streaks in years * Amazon ( AMZN ) jumps almost 10% as cloud growth beats expectations * Warner Bros jumps almost 9% after Reuters report of Netflix ( NFLX ) bid By Sinéad Carew and...

05:18 PM EDT, 10/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity benchmarks rose Friday as Amazon.com's ( AMZN ) shares surged in a post-earnings rally, marking the end of a strong month for Wall Street. The Nasdaq Composite increased 0.6% at 23,725, while the S&P 500 climbed 0.3% to 6,840.2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1% to 47,562.9. Among sectors,...