New York - AFP
The Nasdaq and S&P 500 powered to fresh records Friday following blowout earnings from Amazon and other tech giants and a bullish update from Apple on its latest smartphone.
At the closing bell, the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index stood at 6,698.85, up 2.2 percent.
The broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.8 percent to 2,581.09, also a finishing record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.1 percent to 23,434.16.